v.焦慮，憂思(使人厭煩、擔憂或不安的事); 孵(蛋)
n.(一次孵或生的)一窩鳥，一窩動物; 一大家孩子

過去式：brooded復數(shù)：broods現(xiàn)在分詞：brooding第三人稱單數(shù)：broods過去分詞：brooded

牛津詞典

verb

焦慮，憂思（使人厭煩、擔憂或不安的事）to think a lot about sth that makes you annoyed, anxious or upset

You're not still brooding over what he said, are you?你不是還在為他的話悶悶不樂吧？

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

（一次孵或生的）一窩鳥，一窩動物all the young birds or creatures that a mother produces at one time

一大家孩子a large family of children

柯林斯詞典

一窩幼雛A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.

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

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...我猜想每個人都會不時地琢磨一些事情。

She constantly broods about her family...她一直為她的家人擔憂。

I continued to brood. Would he always be like this?我一直不安：他會一直這樣嗎？

雙語例句

I guess everyone broods over things once in a while 我猜想每個人都會不時地琢磨一些事情。

She constantly broods about her family 她一直為她的家人擔憂。

I continued to brood. Would he always be like this? 我一直不安：他會一直這樣嗎？

Speak out. Don't just brood over things. 你有什么事就說吧，別圈在心里。

You seem to brood over things. 你好像有什么事悶在心里。

The hen brought off a brood of young. 母雞孵出了一窩小雞。

It is time for hens to brood. 該是母雞孵蛋的時候了。

Like most children, my own brood complains constantly about my style of parenting. 像大多數(shù)孩子們一樣，我自己的孩子也一直抱怨我對他們的養(yǎng)育方式。

Perhaps most of all, he likes to brood. 也許大部分時候他喜歡沉思。

You might as well leave a stranger with a brood of tigers! 你也可讓一個陌生人和一窩老虎待在一起。

The brood of bees approached the new field of budding flowers with care. 那窩蜜蜂小心翼翼地靠近一塊從未去過的田野，那里長滿了含苞待放的鮮花。

Stay open to what you can learn, but refuse to brood. 對于你能學到的東西始終保持開放的心態(tài)，但不要陷入沉思。

The hen gathered her brood under her wings. 這母雞把他的一窩小雞趕集在她的翼膀下。

You also have a tendency to brood and to bear grudges and can be suspicious and vindictive. 另外，你喜歡沉思，易于記仇，而且可能會有些多疑，又懷有報復心。

If I didn't make conscious choices now, I knew I would brood and drink. 我知道，如果現(xiàn)在不做出清醒的選擇，我就會悶頭沉思，縱酒濫飲。

These results indicate that different brood pheromones of honeybee have different biological effects. 這說明不同蜜蜂幼蟲信息素具有不同的生物學效應。

Effects of brood pheromone on development of queen 幼蟲信息素對中蜂和意蜂蜂王發(fā)育影響

Besides, breeding, brood stage is very like sparrows gregarious birds. 除繁殖、育雛階段外，麻雀是非常喜歡群居的鳥類。

I don't brood over what I can't change. 我不會去想那些我無力改變的事。

In the brood chamber below, the bees will stash honey to eat later. 在一個窩室中，蜜蜂會藏起蜜晚些再吃。

And brood on hopes and fears no more. 不要再尋思希望和恐懼。

They all have need for me, and I have no time to brood over the afterlife. 他們都需要我，我沒有時間去冥想來生。

She was mad at her son for killing the brood hen. 她因兒子宰了傳種的母雞而對他十分惱火。

This low abject brood, That fix their seats in mediocrity, Become your servile minds; 這卑賤的一伙，把他們的位置固定在平庸中，成了你的奴性的心靈；

Barn Swallow nest at Kwun Tong is now raising the second brood this year. 觀塘市中心的一個家燕巢，今天已在育第二窩了。

She was left to herself to brood and wonder. 她只有獨自一個在那里沉思和驚訝。

That day's brood contained four kittens. 這一窩貓有四只。

Her elopement was a great Blow to the parents, But Clyde himself did not Brood over the matter. 她的出走給雙親很大的打擊，可克萊德卻沒把這件事放在心上。

The eggs are held in a brood pouch between their extended abdomen and thorax. 他們的卵在孵卵囊里（胸部和腹部之間）。

The young were always already out of their brood cave when first seen. 年輕的人已經(jīng)永遠離開自己的窩洞時，首先看到的。

同義詞辨析

broodhatchincubate【導航詞義：孵化】

brood v. 孵蛋，抱窩

〔辨析〕尤指禽類孵蛋，直至幼禽破殼而出。

〔例證〕The hen broods eight eggs this time.母雞這次孵8個蛋。

hatch v. 孵出；出殼

〔辨析〕普通用詞，指蛋破殼或孵出幼禽、小魚、小蟲等。

〔例證〕hatch chickens孵出小雞The eggs take over a week to hatch.這些蛋需要一個多星期才能孵化。

incubate v. 孵（卵），孵化

〔辨析〕指禽類孵卵或蛋，或指卵、蛋等處于溫暖的環(huán)境中直到被孵化。

〔例證〕The female bird incubates the eggs for about 16 days while the male brings food.雌鳥孵卵16天左右，這期間雄鳥負責覓食。

英英釋義

noun

the young of an animal cared for at one time

verb

sit on (eggs)

Birds brood

The female covers the eggs

Synonym:hatchcoverincubate

think moodily or anxiously about something

Synonym:dwell

be in a huff

Synonym:grizzlestew

be in a huff and display one's displeasure

She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted

Synonym:sulkpout

hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

The terrible vision brooded over her all day long

Synonym:hoverloombulk large