brood

🇺🇸 /bruːd/ 🇬🇧 /bruːd/
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verb
R

to think too much about something that makes you sad or angry

Don't brood over small problems for too long.

不要对小问题耿耿于怀太久。

R

when a bird sits on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch

The hen will brood on her eggs until they hatch.

母鸡会孵蛋直到它们孵化。

noun
R

all the baby birds or animals born to a mother at one time

The mother bird fed her brood of chicks.

母鸟喂养她的一窝雏鸟。

R

a large family of children

She came from a brood of six children.

她来自一个有六个孩子的大家庭。

translation

v. 沉思, 孵蛋
n. 一窝幼崽, 一大家子孩子

词形变化

3rd Present broods
Past brooded
Perfect brooded
Progressive brooding
Plural broods