ruminate

英 [ˈruːmɪneɪt]

美 [ˈruːmɪneɪt]

v. 沉思; 认真思考

过去式：ruminated　现在分词：ruminating　第三人称单数：ruminates　过去分词：ruminated　

BNC.22105 / COCA.22163

牛津词典

verb

VERB 沉思;琢磨;认真考虑
If youruminate onsomething, you think about it very carefully.
1. 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。
2. Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death.
  有强迫症的人通常过多地思考死亡的问题。
VERB （动物）反刍
When animalsruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again.
1. 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。

verb

reflect deeply on a subject
1. I mulled over the events of the afternoon
2. philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
3. The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
Synonym:chew overthink overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatemusereflectmullmull overspeculate
chew the cuds
1. cows ruminate

And the more we ruminate about a secret, the more we want to reveal it.
对某个秘密考虑得越多，就越想公开这个秘密。
Donahoe then begins to ruminate on his eight years at eBay ( eBay), five of them as CEO.
随后，多纳霍开始回顾自己在eBay度过的八年职业生涯，其中五年他都担任首席执行官一职。
Don't ruminate on past affronts or injustices.
莫要沉湎于过去所受的侮辱或者不公平。
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。
Those who have a definite goal and do not need time to ruminate and explore will find little to complain about on a one-year course.
那些有明确的目标、不需要时间来琢磨和思考的人会发现，一年制课程没有什么可抱怨的。
Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death.
有强迫症的人通常过多地思考死亡的问题。
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。
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。
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。
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。