vt. 反刍, 沉思

vi. 反刍, 沉思

Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. t.
1. To chew over again.

2. Fig.: To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin. --Dryden.

What I know
Is ruminated, plotted, and set down. --Shak.


Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, Ruminated \Ru"mi*na`ted\, a. (Bot.)
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled
with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North
American papaw.


Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ruminated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ruminating}.] [L. ruminatus, p. p. of ruminari,
ruminare, fr. rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch,
erugere to belch out, Gr. ?, AS. roccettan.]
1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly
chewed and swallowed. ``Cattle free to ruminate.''
--Wordsworth.

2. Fig.: To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to
ponder; to reflect. --Cowper.

Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that
ruminates on the felicity of heaven? --I. Taylor.