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单词 ruminate
释义
ruminate
verb[I]
uk
/ˈruː.mɪ.neɪt/us
/ˈruː.mə.neɪt/

ruminateverb[I](THINK)

formal
tothinkcarefullyand for alongperiodabout something:
沉思，长时间思考
She ruminated forweeksabout whether totellhim or not.几个星期她一直在反复考虑是否要告诉他真相。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Thinking and contemplating
  • a brown studyidiom
  • agonize
  • agonize over/aboutsomething
  • beard-stroking
  • bethink
  • consideration
  • dip
  • harbour
  • in the cold light of dayidiom
  • introspect
  • introspection
  • joined-up thinking
  • lateral thinking
  • reflection
  • rumination
  • run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
  • scratch
  • scratchyourheadidiom
  • self-contemplation
  • self-reflection
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ruminateverb[I](EAT)

biologyspecialized
(ofparticulartypesofanimal) tobringupfoodfrom thestomachandchewit again
（动物）反刍，倒嚼
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal (non-human) behaviour
  • accidental
  • beg
  • behave
  • behaviour
  • behavioural science
  • behaviourist
  • claw
  • gambol
  • groom
  • housebroken
  • migrate
  • monogamous
  • monogamy
  • murmuration
  • nocturnal
  • non-migrant
  • nuzzle
  • scent
  • skitter
  • torpor
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(Definition ofruminatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ruminate| American Dictionary

ruminate
verb[I]
fml
us
/ˈru·məˌneɪt/
tothinkslowlyandcarefully:
He ruminated over hisloss.
(Definition ofruminatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One such devotional practice was the making of rapiaria, or notebooks of especially valuable scriptural texts for ruminating during meditation.
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I hope with all my heart they are only masticating and ruminating before they decide to swallow.
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A standing order made in 1961 allows the importation of ruminating animals and swine by the main zoological societies under suitable safeguards.
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I have spent a quite disproportionate part of my life thinking about cricket, playing cricket, ruminating about cricket and watching cricket.
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I have been ruminating about the financial policy that has been followed by this country in the last 10 years and about its effect upon the colonial world.
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They are ruminating on their chances of mere survival, let alone victory in the coming fight.
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Later, she ruminates that she may be in love with both men.
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She ruminates on finding morals in everything around her.
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Much paper has been consumed by historians of science ruminating on this idea.
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S/he ruminates about the death and longs for a reunion with the departed, feeling unsure of his/her identity and place in the world.
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He spends the rest of the evening ruminating on the problem.
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He ruminates on the nature of government and morality.
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The play ruminates upon the idea that any two individuals are connected by at most five others.
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As he is ruminating over the injustices inflicted upon him in his life, he is suddenly set upon by a pack of dog-sized rats and is devoured alive.
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Leviticus cites explicitly the camel, because it ruminates but does not have a cloven hoof; the hyrax and the hare are excluded on the same grounds.
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