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ruminating

/roo-muh-neyt/US // ˈru məˌneɪt //UK // (ˈruːmɪˌneɪt) //

反刍,思考中,反复思考,反刍的

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v.无主动词 verb
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    ru·mi·nat·ed, ru·mi·nat·ing.

    • : to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
    • : to meditate or muse; ponder.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ru·mi·nat·ed, ru·mi·nat·ing.

    • : to chew again or over and over.
    • : to meditate on; ponder.

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Examples

  • In one July show, he jokingly ruminated about what Swalwell looked like while having sex with Fang.

  • Veres swivels his chair toward his ruminating friend and assures him there’ll be other opportunities.

  • A 2014 study published in Biological Psychology found that for people with depression, simply ruminating on troubles may prolong cortisol production.

  • Even hiking along and ruminating about what happened yesterday or what’s going on at that very moment is journaling.

  • In particular, she ruminates over Klaas’s disappearance as possibly part of a pattern that includes the fictional Cameron’s kidnapping.

  • Perceptive fiction has always been a venue for society to ruminate on the moral issues of the day.

  • They post OOTDs (outfits of the day) and ruminate on body positivity.

  • We need not grovel in the sinks and cellars, neither need we ruminate upon the house-tops.

  • He has but one stomach, does not ruminate, and is formed more like the horse than the ox, or other ruminating animals.

  • It is not a book to be read through at one sitting, but one to dip into occasionally and to ruminate over in pleased contentment.

  • The wretched Camilla quitted them all as soon as possible, to retire to her chamber, and ruminate upon her purposed letter.

  • But, being a mother, it was inevitable that she should soon cease to ruminate upon her own condition.