英语词汇“ruminate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ruminateruminate /ˈruməˌneɪt/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYruminate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of ruminare, from rumen throat

VERB TABLE

ruminate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ruminate
	he, she, it	ruminates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	ruminated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have ruminated
	he, she, it	has ruminated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had ruminated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ruminate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have ruminated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am ruminating
	he, she, it	is ruminating
	you, we, they	are ruminating
Past	I, he, she, it	was ruminating
	you, we, they	were ruminating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been ruminating
	he, she, it	has been ruminating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been ruminating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be ruminating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been ruminating

1formal to think for a long time about something: ruminate about/on etc. He was ruminating on the injustices of the world.2science, biology if animals such as cows ruminate, they bring food back into their mouths from their stomachs and chew it again [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of ruminare, from rumen throat]—rumination /ˌruməˈneɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]