ruminate
英 [ˈruː.mɪ.neɪt]
美 [ˈruː.mə.neɪt]
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。
- 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.
- 1. It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.
- 他的话值得玩味.
- 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.
- 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。
- 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.
- 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.