Brood

[bruːd] or [brud]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

錄入:莱尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

校對:莫蒂默

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Incubate.

n. Offspring, progeny, issue.

校對:内奥米

解釋/意思:

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.

校對:米里亚姆