形容词::ruminative
副词::ruminatively
名词::ruminator
过去式::ruminated
过去分词::ruminated
现在分词::ruminating
第三人称单数::ruminates
"cows ruminate"
"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"
1.沉思;琢磨;认真考虑
If youruminate on something, you think about it very carefully.
e.g. He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life...
他认真地考虑了美国生活中典型的严重浪费问题。
e.g. Obsessional personalities commonlyruminate excessively about death.
有强迫症的人通常过多地思考死亡的问题。
2.（动物）反刍
When animalsruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again.
e.g. He wanted to have a look at the two oxen, both ruminating without raising their eyes.
他想看看那两头牛，它们都在反刍，眼睛都不抬一下。
1. ruminate
1. 反刍, 沉思：pillage 掠夺 |ruminate 反刍, 沉思 | rudimentary 根本的, 未发展的
2. 沉思：erudite博学的 |ruminate沉思 | -rumi(入迷)
3. ruminate的近义词
3. 沈思：ruffle#使皱 |ruminate#沈思 | saddle#使负担
这项发现为科学界对未来十年的深思提供了精神食粮。
The cow began to ruminate after eating up grass.牛吃完草后开始反刍。
It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.他的话值得玩味.
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.
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.
Not only that, the title painting, also is worthwhile to ruminate.不仅如此, 画上的题款也颇值得玩味.
They also tend to brood or ruminate more than satisficers do.他们也比满足化者容易陷入忧思.
The cow began to ruminate after eating up grass.牛吃完草后开始反刍.
Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate.毁灭就会教导我如此反省.
Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate, That Time will come and take my love away.毁灭便教我再三这样地反省:时光终要跑来把我的爱带走.
Or set aside 30 minutes late in the day to do nothing but ruminate.或者,在当天空出30分钟来,什么都不做,只是重新思考一下.
They found Cassidy..ruminating over a glass of beer.
出自：J. Symons
