ruminant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud in the suborder Ruminantia, such as cattle or deer.
    — Flesh behind steel and glass is unprotected From enemies that whisper to the blood; The scratch forgotten is the scratch infected; The ruminant, reason, chews a poisoned cud.
形容词 adj.
  1. Chewing cud.
  2. Pondering; ruminative.
    — “I wonder what a paradox is,” remarked the priest in a ruminant manner.

词形变化

more ruminant comparative most ruminant superlative ruminants plural

词汇关系

衍生词
nonruminant preruminant ruminantly

词源

词源 1
From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).
词源 2
From Latin rūmināns, rūminantem, present participle of rūminārī (“to chew the cud, ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat, gullet, rumen (first stomach of a ruminant)”).
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