brood

音标[bru:d] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 一窝, 一伙
vt. 孵, 沉思
【医】 同窝, 一窝(同时孵出的), 孵, 育

词型变化:

副词:broodingly 动词过去式:brooded 过去分词:brooded 现在分词:brooding 第三人称单数:broods 

词意辨析:

worry, brood, care, fret
这些动词均有“烦恼、担忧”之意。
worry: 普通用词,着重使人焦虑、烦恼或深深不安。
brood: 语气比worry强,多指沉思、沮丧或忧郁。
care: 多指极强烈的关心和忧虑。常带纯客观的意味。
fret: 通常指因悲哀、焦虑或忧愁等所困扰的心理状态。

英语解释:

名词 brood:

  1. the young of an animal cared for at one time

动词 brood:

  1. think moodily or anxiously about something
    同义词:dwell
  2. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
    同义词:hover, loom, bulk large
  3. be in a huff and display one's displeasure
    同义词:sulk, pout
  4. be in a huff; be silent or sullen
    同义词:grizzle, stew
  5. sit on (eggs)
    同义词:hatch, cover, incubate

例句:

  1. Some insects produce seven or eight broods a year.
    有些昆虫一年产七八次卵。
  2. It's no use brooding over one's past mistakes.
    老是抱着过去的错误是没用的。

详细解释:


brood

n.(名词)
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother.
幼小的动物:某种幼小的动物,尤指一次孵出并由同一个母亲照料的一群雏鸟或雏禽
The children in one family.
家庭的所有孩子
v.(动词)
brood.ed,brood.ing,broods
v.tr.(及物动词)
To sit on or hatch (eggs).
坐在(蛋)上或孵(蛋)
To protect (young) by or as if by covering with the wings.
庇护:用或似用翅膀遮蔽来保护(雏儿)
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To sit on or hatch eggs.
坐在蛋上或孵蛋
To hover envelopingly; loom.
盘旋;隐约出现


To be deep in thought; meditate.
沉思;冥想
To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry:
考虑:苦思冥想一个主题;担忧:
例句:
brooded over the insult for several days.
好几天都默想着受到的侮辱

To be depressed.
垂头丧气
adj.(形容词)
Kept for breeding:
为繁殖而饲养的:
例句:
a brood hen; a brood mare.
喂养下蛋的母鸡;饲养生马驹的母马


来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English brôd * see bhreu-
源自 古英语 brôd *参见 bhreu-

【引伸】
brood.ingly
adv.(副词)
<参考词汇><同义词>brood,dwell,fret,mope,stew,worryThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to turn over in the mind moodily and at length.:
这些动词共有的中心意思是.闷闷不乐地在脑海里长时间冥思苦想.:
例句:
brooding about his decline in popularity;
思忖着他的名望下降的原因;

例句:
dwelled on her defeat;
思索着她的失败;

例句:
fretting over the loss of their jobs;
担忧他们的失业;

例句:
moping about his illness;
牵挂着他的病;

例句:
stewing over her upcoming trial;
担心她即将到来的审判;

例句:
worrying about the unpaid bills. See also Synonyms at flock
挂虑着没付的帐单 参见同义词 flock


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