Brood

[bruːd] or [brud]

解释:

(noun.) the young of an animal cared for at one time.

(verb.) sit on (eggs); 'Birds brood'; 'The female covers the eggs'.

(verb.) think moodily or anxiously about something.

(verb.) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; 'The terrible vision brooded over her all day long'.

录入:莱尔--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

(v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children.

(v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

(v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

(a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

(a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow.

(v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding.

(v. i.) To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes.

(v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.

(v. t.) To cherish with care.

(v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.

校对:莫蒂默

同义词及近义词:

v. n. Incubate.

n. Offspring, progeny, issue.

校对:内奥米

解释:

v.t. to sit upon or cover in order to breed or hatch: to hatch: to cover as with wings: to mature or foster with care: to meditate moodily upon.—v.i. to sit as a hen on eggs: to hover over: to think anxiously for some time: to meditate silently (with on over): to be bred.—n. something bred: offspring children or family: a race kind: parentage: the number hatched at once.—adj. for breeding as in brood-mare &c.—adv. Brood′ingly.—adj. Brood′y inclined to sit or incubate.

校对:米里亚姆

娱乐性解释:

To see a fowl with her brood, denotes that, if you are a woman, your cares will be varied and irksome. Many children will be in your care, and some of them will prove wayward and unruly. Brood, to others, denotes accumulation of wealth.

编辑:西尔维亚

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编辑:鲁弗斯

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