单词 | brood |
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音标 | 英[bru:d] 美[brud] |
解释 | vt.& vi.孵蛋;沉思;焦急地考虑;n.(雏鸡、鸟等的)一窝;一家的孩子; |
例句 | N-COUNT 一窝幼雏 A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. N-COUNT (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. 例:...a large brood of children.一大群子女 VERB 沉思;苦思冥想 If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily. 例: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。 例:She constantly broods about her family...她一直为她的家人担忧。 |
变形 | third:broods~done:brooded~pl:broods~ing:brooding~past:brooded~ |
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