单词 | brood |
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音标 | [bru:d] |
解释 | n.一窝幼鸟;v.孵蛋;冥想 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v.孵蛋(to sit on and hatch);冥想(to keep thinking in a distressed way) 【例】 She brooded over the plan, trying to find some mistakes in it. |
字源 | brood (n.) Old English brod "brood, fetus, hatchling," from Proto-Germanic *brod (cognates: Middle Dutch broet, Old High German bruot, German Brut "brood"), literally "that which is hatched by heat," from *bro- "to warm, heat," from PIE *bhre- "burn, heat, incubate," from root *bhreue- "to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn" (see brew (v.)). brood (v.) "sit on eggs, hatch," mid-15c., from brood (n.). The figurative meaning ("to incubate in the mind") is first recorded 1570s, from notion of "nursing" one's anger, resentment, etc. Related: Brooded; brooding. |
不择手段背单词 | n. (由同一母亲照料的)一窝幼鸟; v 孵(蛋); (郁闷的)苦想 【例】Don'apos;t brood about it 不要闷闷不乐地想了. 【记】鸡在孵蛋的时候, 苦想有几只男鸡, 几只女鸡. |
趣味全助记 | 【记】同breed;音:哺乳的,与生养小动物有关 【相关】比较feed 与food |
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