单词 | brood |
释义 | brood /bru: d; brud/ n all the young birds hatched at one time in a nest; family of other egg-produced animals; (hum) young family of human beings. 一窝所孵的幼雏; 其他卵生动物之一窝; (谐) 一家里的孩子们。 ' ~- hen n hen for breeding. 孵雏的母鸡。 ' ~- mare n mare for breeding. 供繁殖之牝马; 传种母马。口祈 1 [VP2A, C] (of a bird) sit on eggs to hatch them. (指禽类) (坐于卵上) 孵雏; 孵蛋。 2 [VP3A] ~ (on/over), (fig) think about (troubles, etc) for a long time: (喻) 沉思; 思虑; 忧思: She sat there ~ing on whether life was worth living. 她坐在那里沉思人生是否値得活下去。 ~y adj (of hens) wanting to ~; (colloq, of women) feeling the desire to have children; (fig, of persons) moody; depressed. (指母鸡) 欲孵卵的; 要孵小鸡的; (俗,指女人) 有生孩子之欲的; (喻, 指人) 忧郁的; 沮丧的。 |
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