ruminate
英['ru?m?ne?t]
美['rum?net]
- vt. 反芻；沉思；反復思考
- vi. 沉思，反芻
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?ruminates;過去式:?ruminated;過去分詞:?ruminated;現在分詞:?ruminating;名詞:?rumination;
中文詞源
ruminate 反芻，沉思，思考
rumin,瘤胃，反芻動物的第一個胃，-ate,使。引申詞義沉思，思考，比喻用法。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.
- 他的話值得玩味.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
- 隨著年齡的增長, 人們開始對生活的變化無常冥思苦想.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death.
- 有強迫癥的人通常過多地思考死亡的問題。
來自辭典例句
- 4. He would ruminate, writing out the issues on his yellow pad.
- 他會冥思苦想把問題寫在他的黃色拍紙本上的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Nixon went to ruminate about how Brezhnev understood American power and Nixon in particular.
- 尼克松接著又追述勃列日涅夫怎樣理解美國的力量,特別是尼克松的力量.
來自辭典例句