单词	rumination
释义	rumination /ruːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n / noun 1A deep or considered thought about something: philosophical ruminations about life and humanity... Three of his songs were sweetly Gallic romantic ruminations. Most of the film consists of religious ruminations couched in arch dialogue. In the 1980s, her geopolitical ruminations moved out of domestic settings. 1.1 [mass noun] The action or process of thinking deeply about something: this film stuck out, demanding attention and rumination... The forms of both concertos are quite free and tend towards a pattern of orchestral tuttis interspersed with cadenza-like periods of rumination. He makes some daring analyses about censor interference that were fascinating grist for rumination. Its memory refuses to diminish and it demands rumination. 2The action of chewing the cud: cows slow down their rumination... Saliva secretion in ruminants is continuous but increases with eating and rumination. Dairy cattle maintained a relatively constant rumination time per unit of fibre intake when given a constant amount of feed. The primary feature of ruminants is rumination—the regurgitation, re-chewing, and re-swallowing of the partially digested contents of the foregut.
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