brood

美 [bruːd]英 [bruːd]
  • v.育雏;孵(蛋);焦虑,忧思(使人厌烦、担忧或不安的事)
  • n.(一次孵或生的)一窝鸟,一窝动物;一大家孩子
  • adj.(昆虫等)产卵的;(母鸡等)抱窝的;传种用的

复数: broods 过去式: brooded 现在分词: brooding 过去分词: brooded 第三人称单数: broods

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verb

1

焦虑,忧思(使人厌烦、担忧或不安的事)
to think a lot about sth that makes you annoyed, anxious or upset

You're not still brooding over what he said, are you?

你不是还在为他的话闷闷不乐吧?

2

孵(蛋)
if a bird broods , or broods its eggs, it sits on the eggs in order to hatch them (= make the young come out of them)

noun

1

(一次孵或生的)一窝鸟,一窝动物
all the young birds or creatures that a mother produces at one time

2

一大家孩子
a large family of children

brood

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 一窝幼雏
    A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.

  • 2
    N-COUNT (某人的)一群孩子,家中所有的子女
    You can refer to someone's young children as their brood when you want to emphasize that there are a lot of them.

    ...a large brood of children.

    一大群子女

  • 3
    VERB 沉思;苦思冥想
    If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily.

    I guess everyone broods over things once in a while...

    我猜想每个人都会不时地琢磨一些事情。

noun

1
the young of an animal cared for at one time

verb

1
sit on (eggs)
Birds brood
The female covers the eggs
Synonym: hatch cover incubate
2
think moodily or anxiously about something
Synonym: dwell
3
be in a huff;be silent or sullen
Synonym: grizzle stew
4
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted
Synonym: sulk pout
5
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
Synonym: hover loom bulk large

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  1. Study on Anti - stress Additives to the Brood Effect of Hens

    抗应激药物对蛋鸡育雏效果的研究

  2. Comparison of the Effect on Brood To Tree-Yellow-Chick for Different Medicines Prevention Procedure

    不同药物防疫程序对三黄鸡育雏效果的比较研究

  3. I continued to brood . Would he always be like this ?

    我一直不安:他会一直这样吗?

  4. I guess everyone broods over things once in a while

    我猜想每个人都会不时地琢磨一些事情。

  5. Males and females take turns brooding the eggs .

    雄鸟和雌鸟轮流孵蛋。

  6. The same heavy , brooding silence descended on them .

    他们也感觉到了同样沉重压抑的寂静。

  7. She kissed him and gazed into his dark , brooding eyes .

    她吻了吻他,久久凝视着他乌黑忧郁的双眼。

  8. She constantly broods about her family

    她一直为她的家人担忧。

  9. He was fascinated by her physiognomy — the prominent nose , brooding eyes and thick hair .

    他被她的外表——高挺的鼻梁、深邃的双眸和浓密的秀发——迷住了。

  10. The hen broods eight eggs this time .

    母鸡这次孵8个蛋。

  11. Speak out . Don 't just brood over things .

    你有什么事就说吧,别圈在心里。

  12. You seem to brood over things .

    你好像有什么事闷在心里。

  13. It 's no use brooding too much over one 's past mistakes .

    老是想着过去的错误是没有用的。

  14. A hot , dry thermal sat there like a brooding hen .

    干热低压槽犹如抱窝的母鸡赖着不走。

  15. The hen brought off a brood of young .

    母鸡孵出了一窝小鸡。

  16. It is time for hens to brood .

    该是母鸡孵蛋的时候了。

  17. Looking blank , he sat there brooding .

    他眼神直瞪瞪的,似乎在想些什么。

  18. He brooded on whether she should commit suicide .

    他想她是不是死于自杀。

  19. Such brooding didn 't make him any saner .

    然而,苦思冥想并没有使他头脑清醒

  20. For years he brooded vengeance .

    多年来他一直在盘算报仇。

  21. The Grants have lived here for decades , and like clockwork , the Brood X cicadas have arrived at the same time every seventeen years to mate .

    格兰特夫妇在这里生活了几十年,每17年,周期蝉10号群就会为了交配而同一时间如约而至。

  22. Methods One brood in one generation was limited in this study .

    方法采用一代一窝试验法。

  23. It 's no use brooding over one 's past mistakes .

    老是抱着过去的错误是没用的。

  24. She sat there brooding on whether life was worth living .

    她坐在那里沉思人生是否值得活下去。

  25. He brooded over whether he could possibly find work again that winter .

    他焦虑地思考着那个冬季他能否再找到工作。

  26. What would he brood about , should you say ?

    按你说,他会想些什么呢?

  27. Now they don 't know whether to brood or not .

    现在她们都不知道自己是不是要孵蛋。

  28. They were trying to find food for their brood .

    他们正在设法为他们的一窝幼雏觅食。

  29. Plus , I 'm into that whole brooding bad boy thing .

    还有,我身处在一堆坏男孩中间。

  30. Effect of Dietary Zinc Levels on the Growth Performance of Brooding Ostriches

    日粮中不同Zn添加水平对雏鸵鸟生产性能的影响

brood hatch incubate 【导航词义:孵化】
brood v. 孵蛋,抱窝
〔辨析〕

尤指禽类孵蛋,直至幼禽破壳而出。

〔例证〕

The hen broods eight eggs this time.

母鸡这次孵8个蛋。

hatch v. 孵出;出壳
〔辨析〕

普通用词,指蛋破壳或孵出幼禽、小鱼、小虫等。

〔例证〕

hatch chickens

孵出小鸡

The eggs take over a week to hatch.

这些蛋需要一个多星期才能孵化。

incubate v. 孵(卵),孵化
〔辨析〕

指禽类孵卵或蛋,或指卵、蛋等处于温暖的环境中直到被孵化。

〔例证〕

The female bird incubates the eggs for about 16 days while the male brings food.

雌鸟孵卵16天左右,这期间雄鸟负责觅食。

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