1530s, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1540s), from Latin ruminatus, past participle of ruminare "to chew the cud; turn over in the mind," from rumen (genitive ruminis) "gullet," of uncertain origin. Related: Ruminated; ruminating.
例文
1. It is worth while to ruminate over his remarks.
彼の言葉は味わう価値がある。
2.As people grow older,they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
年を取るにつれて、人々は生活の変化について考え始めた。
3.Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death.
強迫性障害のある人は死の問題を考えすぎてしまうことが多い。
4.He would ruminate ,writing out the issues on his yellow pad.
彼は彼の黄色のペーパーブックに問題を書こうと考えている.
5.Nixon went to ruminate about how Brezhnev understood American power and Nixon in particular.