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brood n.一窝；一伙；一家孩子；一组事物v.孵；沉思；笼罩 (1) 鸟儿在为它的一窝小鸟觅食。(2) 她是在一群活泼的兄弟姐妹中间长大的。(3) 一批现代画将在博物馆展览。(4) 她为失败而郁郁沉思。(5) 她一整夜都在思考那个问题。(6) 一片乌云笼罩着山岗。 Brood is also what a chicken does when she sits on her eggs to hatch them. You can also brood, when you worry and sulk and dwell on something obsessively — maybe as tedious as sitting on eggs, but no chicks when you're done. Things like clouds or silence can also brood, hanging over something ominously, as a storm that broods over the sea, sending fishermen scurrying for safety.

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英 [bruːd] 美 [bruːd] (1) The bird was trying to find food for its brood.(2) She grew up amidst a lively brood of brothers and sisters.(3) A brood of modern paintings will be exhibited at the museum.(4) She brooded over her failure.(5) She brooded the problem all night.(6) A cloud is brooding over the hills. A brood is a group of young born at the same time — like a brood of chicks — but your parents might use the word for you and your siblings: "We're taking the whole brood to the movies tonight." 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]一窝幼雏 A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.   [usu with supp]2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（某人的)一群孩子，家中所有的子女 You can refer to someone's young children as their brood when you want to emphasize that there are a lot of them.   [usu sing]  [emphasis]...a large brood of children.一大群子女3[VERB 动词]沉思；苦思冥想 If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily.   [V over/on/about n]  [V]I guess everyone broods over things once in a while...我猜想每个人都会不时地琢磨一些事情。She constantly broods about her family...她一直为她的家人担忧。I continued to brood. Would he always be like this?我一直不安：他会一直这样吗？

英语单词	brood
英美音标	英 [bruːd] 美 [bruːd]
中文释义	n.一窝；一伙；一家孩子；一组事物 v.孵；沉思；笼罩
英语例句	(1) The bird was trying to find food for its brood. (2) She grew up amidst a lively brood of brothers and sisters. (3) A brood of modern paintings will be exhibited at the museum. (4) She brooded over her failure. (5) She brooded the problem all night. (6) A cloud is brooding over the hills.
中文例句	(1) 鸟儿在为它的一窝小鸟觅食。 (2) 她是在一群活泼的兄弟姐妹中间长大的。 (3) 一批现代画将在博物馆展览。 (4) 她为失败而郁郁沉思。 (5) 她一整夜都在思考那个问题。 (6) 一片乌云笼罩着山岗。
vocabulary简明	A brood is a group of young born at the same time — like a brood of chicks — but your parents might use the word for you and your siblings: "We're taking the whole brood to the movies tonight."
vocabulary扩展	Brood is also what a chicken does when she sits on her eggs to hatch them. You can also brood, when you worry and sulk and dwell on something obsessively — maybe as tedious as sitting on eggs, but no chicks when you're done. Things like clouds or silence can also brood, hanging over something ominously, as a storm that broods over the sea, sending fishermen scurrying for safety.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一窝幼雏 A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. [usu with supp] 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（某人的)一群孩子，家中所有的子女 You can refer to someone's young children as their brood when you want to emphasize that there are a lot of them. [usu sing] [emphasis] ...a large brood of children. 一大群子女 3 [VERB 动词]沉思；苦思冥想 If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily. [V over/on/about n] [V] I guess everyone broods over things once in a while... 我猜想每个人都会不时地琢磨一些事情。 She constantly broods about her family... 她一直为她的家人担忧。 I continued to brood. Would he always be like this? 我一直不安：他会一直这样吗？

Brood Brooded Group Young Born Time Chicks Things