ruminate的读音是：英['ru?m?ne?t]。ruminate的英英释义是Verb:chew the cuds;"cows ruminate"reflect deeply on a subject;"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"。ruminate【近义词】study研究。
一、词典解释点此查看ruminate的详细内容
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。
二、网络解释
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
三、例句
The discovery provides pabulum for the scientific community to ruminate on for decades to come.
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。
四、经典引文
They found Cassidy..ruminating over a glass of beer.
出自：J. Symonsruminate的相关近义词
study、think over、meditate、ponder、reflect、chew over、contemplate、mull over、muse、pore、chew、graze、browse、crop、pasture、chew the cud、cogitate、deliberate、mull、excogitate、speculate
ruminate的相关临近词
rummage、rumen、ruminate over、ruminate type、ruminate endosperm、ruminate rumination