ruminate
英 ['ruːmɪneɪt]
美['rumɪnet]
- vt. 反刍；沉思；反复思考
- vi. 沉思，反刍
词态变化
第三人称单数: ruminates;过去式: ruminated;过去分词: ruminated;现在分词: ruminating;名词: rumination;
中文词源
ruminate 反刍，沉思，思考
rumin,瘤胃，反刍动物的第一个胃，-ate,使。引申词义沉思，思考，比喻用法。
英文词源
- ruminate (v.)
- 1530s, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1540s), from Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminare "to chew the cud; turn over in the mind," from rumen (genitive ruminis) "gullet," of uncertain origin. Related: Ruminated; ruminating.
双语例句
- 1. It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.
- 他的话值得玩味.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Nixon went to ruminate about how Brezhnev understood American power and Nixon in particular.
- 尼克松接着又追述勃列日涅夫怎样理解美国的力量,特别是尼克松的力量.
来自辞典例句