ruminate
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If you ruminate on something, you think about it very carefully. 認真思考[正式]
He ruminated on the terrible wastefulness that typified American life. 他認真思考了美國生活中典型且非常嚴重的浪費問題。
2. V-I When animals ruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again. (動物)反芻[技術]
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ruminate /ˈruːmɪˌneɪt/ (ruminating,ruminated,ruminates)
剑桥词典
ruminate verb [I] (THINK)
formalto think carefully and for a long period about something
沉思，長時間思考
She ruminated for weeks about whether to tell him or not. 幾個星期她一直在反複考慮是否要告訴他真相。
ruminate verb [I] (EAT)
biology specialized(of particular types of animal ) to bring up food from the stomach and chew it again
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