rumination
反芻,沈思,默想
ru·mi·na·tion /ˌruməˈneʃən/ 名詞
Ru·mi·na·tion n.
1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward to chew it. --Arbuthnot.
2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.
Retiring full of rumination sad. --Thomson.
3. Physiol. The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
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rumination
n 1: a calm lengthy intent consideration [syn: contemplation, reflection,
reflexion, musing, thoughtfulness]
2: (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable
powers of rumination"
3: regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants
after feeding