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单词 brooded
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broodedadj.

Etymology: < brood v. or brood n. + -ed suffix1.In the following passage, some explain ‘Having a brood (to watch over)’; others, ‘brooding, or occupied with brooding’. The very likely emendation of brood-eied = broad-eyed (see broad adj. and n.1 Compounds 2) has also been suggested.a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iii. 52 Then, in despight of brooded watchfull day, I would into thy bosome poure my thoughts.
Obsolete.
1. Incubated, hatched; also figurative.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or like a hen > hatched
brooded1674
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 125 Such..steams, as may be thought to have swarm'd from the brooding hen, and crowden into the brooded egge.
1768 T. Gray Triumphs of Owen in Poems 102 He nor heaps his brooded stores, Nor on all profusely pours.
2. Having a brood (chiefly in combination as double-brooded).
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > bearing more than one at a time
multiparous1646
multiparient1788
brooded1857
pluriparous1866
polytocous1924
1857 H. T. Stainton Man. Brit. Butterflies & Moths I. 37 Vanessa—all the species are single-brooded, except Urticæ, of which there appears to be a succession of broods during the summer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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