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brooding n.孵卵adj.沉思的；笼罩的动词brood的现在分词. (1) 他消沉的时候，就坐著沉思几小时。 When you're brooding, you might be depressed about something you just can't stop thinking about—like the lead character in Hamlet. Brooding can also mean you're being extremely thoughtful, contemplative, meditative, musing, reflective, or ruminative — those are all good things. You have to look at the context to see if someone is brooding in a positive or negative way. This is also a word for what chickens and other egg-laying animals do: sitting on eggs to help them hatch.

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英 ['bruːdɪŋ] 美 ['bruːdɪŋ] (1) When he's depressed he sits brooding for hours. When you're dwelling on something, you're brooding about it — this can be thoughtful or morbidly obsessed. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（气氛或感情）压抑的，令人不安的 Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.   [usu ADJ n]  [LITERARY 文]The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them.他们也感觉到了同样沉重压抑的寂静。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（尤指对令人不快的事物）沉思的，苦苦思索的 If someone's expression or appearance is brooding, they look as if they are thinking deeply and seriously about something, especially something that is making them unhappy.   [usu ADJ n]  [LITERARY 文]She kissed him and gazed into his dark, brooding eyes.她吻了吻他，久久凝视着他乌黑忧郁的双眼。

英语单词	brooding
英美音标	英 ['bruːdɪŋ] 美 ['bruːdɪŋ]
中文释义	n.孵卵 adj.沉思的；笼罩的动词brood的现在分词.
英语例句	(1) When he's depressed he sits brooding for hours.
中文例句	(1) 他消沉的时候，就坐著沉思几小时。
vocabulary简明	When you're dwelling on something, you're brooding about it — this can be thoughtful or morbidly obsessed.
vocabulary扩展	When you're brooding, you might be depressed about something you just can't stop thinking about—like the lead character in Hamlet. Brooding can also mean you're being extremely thoughtful, contemplative, meditative, musing, reflective, or ruminative — those are all good things. You have to look at the context to see if someone is brooding in a positive or negative way. This is also a word for what chickens and other egg-laying animals do: sitting on eggs to help them hatch.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（气氛或感情）压抑的，令人不安的 Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid. [usu ADJ n] [LITERARY 文] The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them. 他们也感觉到了同样沉重压抑的寂静。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（尤指对令人不快的事物）沉思的，苦苦思索的 If someone's expression or appearance is brooding, they look as if they are thinking deeply and seriously about something, especially something that is making them unhappy. [usu ADJ n] [LITERARY 文] She kissed him and gazed into his dark, brooding eyes. 她吻了吻他，久久凝视着他乌黑忧郁的双眼。

Brooding Depressed Thinking Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 [Usu Adj N