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brood AHD[bro͞od] D.J.[bruːd]K.K.[brud]n.（名词）- The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother.幼小的动物：某种幼小的动物，尤指一次孵出并由同一个母亲照料的一群雏鸟或雏禽
- The children in one family.家庭的所有孩子
v.（动词）brood.ed, brood.ing, broods v.tr.（及物动词）- To sit on or hatch (eggs).坐在（蛋）上或孵（蛋）
- To protect (young) by or as if by covering with the wings.庇护：用或似用翅膀遮蔽来保护（雏儿）
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To sit on or hatch eggs.坐在蛋上或孵蛋
- To hover envelopingly; loom.盘旋；隐约出现
- To be deep in thought; meditate.沉思；冥想
- To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry:考虑：苦思冥想一个主题；担忧：brooded over the insult for several days.好几天都默想着受到的侮辱
- To be depressed.垂头丧气
adj.（形容词）- Kept for breeding:为繁殖而饲养的：a brood hen; a brood mare.喂养下蛋的母鸡；饲养生马驹的母马
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English brōd * see bhreu- 源自 古英语 brōd * 参见 bhreu-
broodʹingly adv.（副词）brood, dwell, fret, mope, stew, worry- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to turn over in the mind moodily and at length": 这些动词共有的中心意思是“闷闷不乐地在脑海里长时间冥思苦想”： brooding about his decline in popularity;思忖着他的名望下降的原因；dwelled on her defeat;思索着她的失败；fretting over the loss of their jobs;担忧他们的失业；moping about his illness;牵挂着他的病；stewing over her upcoming trial;担心她即将到来的审判；worrying about the unpaid bills. See also Synonyms at flock 1挂虑着没付的帐单 参见同义词 flock1
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