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(yǔ)例句
1. It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.
他的話值得玩味.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)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(zhǎng), 人們開(kāi)始對(duì)生活的變化無(wú)常冥思苦想.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death.
有強(qiáng)迫癥的人通常過(guò)多地思考死亡的問(wèn)題。
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. He would ruminate, writing out the issues on his yellow pad.
他會(huì)冥思苦想把問(wèn)題寫在他的黃色拍紙本上的.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. Nixon went to ruminate about how Brezhnev understood American power and Nixon in particular.