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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   brood

   • IPA[bro͞od]

   美式

   • n.
     a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth；bee or wasp larvae.
   • v.
     think deeply about something that makes one unhappy；(of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them
   • adj.
     (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding

   • verb: brood, 3rd person present: broods, gerund or present participle: brooding, past tense: brooded, past participle: brooded

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth a brood of chicks 同義詞 offspring, young, progeny, spawn, family, ... 更多hatch, clutch, nest, litter, rareprogeniture
   • ▪ bee or wasp larvae.
   • ▪ all of the children in a family he was the youngest in a brood of six a remarkable brood of writers 同義詞 family, household, ménage, clan, tribe, ... 更多children, offspring, youngsters, little ones, progeny, descendants, issue, informalkids, sprogs

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy he brooded over his need to find a wife 同義詞 worry about, fret about, agonize over, mope over, moon over, ... 更多languish over, feel despondent about, grieve over, sulk about, eat one's heart out over, think about, ponder, contemplate, pore over, meditate on, muse on, mull over, dwell on, ruminate on/over, chew over, puzzle over, weigh up, turn over in one's mind
   • 2. (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them 同義詞 incubate, cover, hatch, sit on
   • ▪ (of a fish, frog, or invertebrate) hold (developing eggs) within the body.

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding a brood mare