brood
🇺🇸
/bruːd/
🇬🇧
/bruːd/
verb
R
to think too much about something that makes you sad or angry
Don't brood over small problems for too long.
不要對小問題耿耿於懷太久。
R
when a bird sits on eggs to keep them warm until they hatch
The hen will brood on her eggs until they hatch.
母雞會孵蛋直到牠們孵化。
noun
R
all the baby birds or animals born to a mother at one time
The mother bird fed her brood of chicks.
母鳥餵養她的一窩雛鳥。
R
a large family of children
She came from a brood of six children.
她來自一個有六個孩子的大家庭。
translation
沉思, 孵蛋
一窩幼崽, 一大家子孩子
詞形變化
3rd Present
broods
Past
brooded
Perfect
brooded
Progressive
brooding
Plural
broods