英语词汇“brood”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

brood

释义

young birds, insects, etc hatched or cared for at one time

humorous or derog the children in one family

a group of similar or related people or things

[Old English brōd; related to Old English beorma barm]

said of a bird: to sit on eggs in order to hatch them

to dwell gloomily on, or worry over or about something

(+ on/over/about) to dwell gloomily on, or worry over or about something

to be in a state of depression

to hover or seem to hover menacingly

the brooding hills

broodingly adv

said of an animal: kept for breeding

a brood mare

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