ruminative
/roo-muh-neyt/US // ˈru məˌneɪt //UK // (ˈruːmɪˌneɪt) //
反刍,反刍的,善于思考的人,善于思考的
Related Words
meditate打坐,静坐,静心,默想brood报窝,报盘,报窝子,报刊杂志brainstorm集思广益,脑力激荡,脑力激荡法,脑力风暴ponder思考,琢磨,深思熟虑,思索revolve转动,循环,旋转,运转consider考虑,认为,思考,考虑到figure数字,图,人物,形象deliberate斟酌,故意,蓄意的,蓄意muse缪斯,缪思,酝酿,缪斯女神excogitate叹为观止,叹气,叹息,叹息声reflect反射,反映,反思,反射出contemplate沉思,思索,思考,考虑weigh衡量,称重,称量,秤量cogitate思考,思考一下,深思熟虑,思考问题think认为,觉得,想,想到turn over翻开,翻转,翻阅,翻过chew over咬咬牙,咬咬牙坚持下去,咬咬牙坚持到底,咬咬牙切齿mull over酝酿,琢磨,咂摸,琢磨一下use one's head动脑筋,动脑子,动动脑筋,动动脑子
Definitions
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
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ru·mi·nat·ed, ru·mi·nat·ing.
- : to chew again or over and over.
- : to meditate on; ponder.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The narrator, a Nigerian psychiatry student, is emotionally distant, ruminative, and intellectual.
Yet it was not exactly a stare; it was too thoughtful, too ruminative, too unconscious for that.
“The bank raised the reward to eight thousand this week,” interposed the ruminative Copeland.
"Do you know, it's rather a pity you don't like me," said Hal, with ruminative frankness.
Mr. Stobell, whose habit was taciturn and ruminative, fixed his dull brown eyes on the ground and thought it over.
"Some day the damn fool will bust his head open," said the liveryman, after a ruminative pause.
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