• vt. 反芻；沉思；反復思考
• vi. 沉思，反芻

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。

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