brood
- IPA[bruːd]
英式
- a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth；a large family of children
- think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried；(of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them
- (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
noun: brood, plural noun: broods
- 釋義
- 相關詞
名詞
- 1. a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth a brood of chicks 同義詞
- ▪ informal a large family of children she was brought up as part of a brood of eight 同義詞
- 2. bee or wasp larvae.
動詞
- 1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried she had brooded over the subject a thousand times 同義詞
- 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
- ▪ (of a fish, frog, or invertebrate) hold (developing eggs) within the body.
形容詞
- 1. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding a brood mare
- showing deep unhappiness of thought: he stared with brooding eyes
Oxford American Dictionary
- engaged in or showing deep thought about something that makes one sad, angry, or worried: he stared with brooding eyes
Oxford Dictionary
- a fatal bacterial disease of larval honeybees.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a fatal bacterial disease of larval honeybees.
Oxford Dictionary
- a pouch in certain fish, frogs, and invertebrates in which the eggs are protected before hatching.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a pouch in certain fish, frogs, and invertebrates in which the eggs are protected before hatching.
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[bro͞od]
美式
- a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth: a brood of chicks
- think deeply about something that makes one unhappy: he brooded over his need to find a wife
- (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding: a brood mare
Oxford American Dictionary
