brood

[US]/bruːd/
[UK]/bruːd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 沉思
n. 一伙;一窝
Word Forms
第三人称单数broods
过去式brooded
过去分词brooded
复数broods
现在分词brooding

Phrases & Collocations

brood over

沉思

brood on

琢磨

brood of chickens

一窝小鸡

brood mare

育种母马

brood pouch

育仔囊;育儿袋

Example Sentences

a brood of chicks.

一窝小鸡。

a brood hen; a brood mare.

喂养下蛋的母鸡;饲养生马驹的母马

a brood of figure paintings

一组人物画

broods of sedentary clergymen.

几伙习惯于久坐的僧侣。

Don't brood about it.

不要闷闷不乐地想了。

brooding over life's injustices.

为生活的不公而闷闷不乐。

he would brood about silly things.

他会想这些无聊的事。

The hen is brooding her eggs.

母鸡正在孵小鸡。

He was then brooding what to do.

他当时正沉思要做什么。

The hen brought off a brood of young.

母鸡孵出了一窝小鸡。

kept dwelling on what went wrong.See Synonyms at brood

继续密切注视什么出了差错参见 brood

he stared with brooding eyes.

他用一双沉思的眼睛盯着看。

he emanated a powerful brooding air.

他散发出一股咄咄逼人的气势。

For years he brooded vengeance.

多年来他一直在盘算报仇。

(over, on)The fog brooded over the village.

雾笼罩这个村庄。

The ornithopod is the first hatchling of a brood of plant-eating dinosaurs.

鸟脚龙是第一种用人工草食性恐龙的幼苗培养的种类。

It is not advisable just to sit there brooding about the unpleasant bygones.

老是坐在那里闷闷不乐地想着过去那些不愉快的事情并不好。

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