ruminate是什么意思？

ruminate

英[ˈru:mɪneɪt] 美[ˈruməˌnet]

• vi. 沉思，反复考虑，反刍，倒嚼；

第三人称单数：ruminates;

过去式：ruminated;

过去分词：ruminated;

现在分词：ruminating;

名词：rumination;

例句

• He would ruminate, writing out the issues on his yellow pad. 他会冥思苦想把问题写在他的黄色拍纸本上的.
• As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life. 随着年龄的增长, 人们开始对生活的变化无常冥思苦想.
• It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks. 他的话值得玩味.
• Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death. 有强迫症的人通常过多地思考死亡的问题。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  沉思;琢磨;认真考虑
  If you ruminate on something, you think about it very carefully.
  例句
  He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life... 他认真地考虑了美国生活中典型的严重浪费问题。 Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death. 有强迫症的人通常过多地思考死亡的问题。
• VERB
  （动物）反刍
  When animals ruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again.
  例句
  He wanted to have a look at the two oxen, both ruminating without raising their eyes. 他想看看那两头牛，它们都在反刍，眼睛都不抬一下。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  沉思,反复考虑
  It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks. 他的话值得玩味。 He is ruminating on what had happened the day before. 他在沉思前一天发生的事情。 As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life. 随着年龄的增长，人们开始对生活的变化无常冥思苦想。
• n.

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. chew the cuds;
  "cows ruminate"
  2. reflect deeply on a subject;
  "I mulled over the events of the afternoon""philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years""The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"