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Brood German Heat Bru:D N.一窝幼鸟;V.孵蛋;冥想 英 V.孵蛋(To Sit

单词 brood
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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