Ruminant
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. ( 动物) 反刍的, 沉思的
- [英] adj. ( 动物) 反刍的, 沉思的 ( meditative; thoughtful)
- [记] rumin ( =rumen 反刍动物的第一胃""瘤骨"") +ant -> 反刍的
- [例] Cows are ruminant animals.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. noun
- Date: 1661
- a ruminant mammal
II. adjective
- Date: 1691
- 1.
- a.
- (1) chewing the cud
- (2) characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed
- b. of or relating to two suborders (Ruminantia and Tylopoda) of herbivorous even-toed hoofed mammals (as sheep, oxen, deer, and camels) that chew the cud and have a complex 3- or 4-chambered stomach
- a.
- 2. given to or engaged in contemplation ; meditative <stood there…in this attitude of ruminant relish — Thomas Wolfe>
- ? ruminantly adverb