| 单词 | brood |
| 释义 | Word Frequency brood(bruːd) noun 1. a number of young animals, esp birds, produced at one hatching 2. all the offspring in one family: often used jokingly or contemptuously 3. a group of a particular kind; breed 4. (as modifier) kept for breeding a brood mare verb 5. (of a bird) a. to sit on or hatch (eggs) b. (transitive) to cover (young birds) protectively with the wings 6. (when intr, often foll by on, over or upon) to ponder morbidly or persistently Derived forms brooding (ˈbrooding) noun, adjective broodingly (ˈbroodingly) adverb Word origin Old English brōd; related to Middle High German bruot, Dutch broed; see breed |
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