单词 | brooded |
释义 | † broodedadj. Obsolete. 1. Incubated, hatched; also figurative. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1674 |
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