ruminate
🇬🇧 UK/ˈru:mineit/🇺🇸 US/'ru:mineit/
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To chew cud (of ruminants); to think deeply and carefully about something.
反刍;沉思,深思熟虑
🧩 Root Breakdown
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Common Collocations
- 1.ruminate on/over something反复思索某事
- 2.ruminate about the past沉湎于过去
- 3.[ruminate deeply]深思熟虑
- 4.tend to ruminate习惯于沉思
Example Sentences
- 1.
She sat by the window, ruminating on the difficult decision she had to make.
- 2.
He tends to ruminate over past mistakes instead of moving forward.
- 3.
Cows ruminate for several hours each day to digest their food properly.