ruminate

英 ['ruːmɪneɪt] 美 ['ruːmɪneɪt]

• v. 深思；沉思；反刍

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The discovery provides pabulum for the scientific community to ruminate on for decades to come.
   这项发现为科学界对未来十年的深思提供了精神食粮。
2. The cow began to ruminate after eating up grass.
   牛吃完草后开始反刍。

经典引文

• They found Cassidy..ruminating over a glass of beer.

  出自： J. Symons

近反义词

【近义词】

• study 研究
• think over 仔细考虑
• meditate 沉思
• ponder 沉思
• reflect 反映
• chew over 仔细考虑
• contemplate 注视
• mull over 仔细考虑
• muse 沉思
• pore 毛孔
• chew 咀嚼
• graze 放牧
• browse 浏览
• crop 农作物
• pasture 牧场
• chew the cud 反刍(深思)
• cogitate 思考
• deliberate 深思熟虑的
• mull 思索
• excogitate 想出
• speculate 推测