cud
/kʌd/noun
mass noun
- partly digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further chewing反刍的食物, 反刍食团。
短语
chew the cud
1
- (of a ruminant animal) further chew partly digested food（动物）反刍。
2
- think or talk reflectively深思; 反复讨论。
词源
Old English cwidu, cudu, of Germanic origin; related to German Kitt 'cement, putty' and Swedish kåda 'resin'.