verb

brood

沉思, 憂思, 孵蛋, 一窩

He brooded over his past mistakes.

他為過去的錯誤而憂心忡忡。

The hen is brooding on her eggs.

母雞正在孵蛋。

A hen walked by with her brood of chicks.

一隻母雞帶著她的一窩小雞走過。

((over sth.)) 為讓你傷心或擔心的事長時間地思考 He brooded over his past mistakes.

((on sth.)) (指鳥)孵蛋 The hen is brooding on her eggs.

a brood of ((animals)) 一窩幼鳥或幼獸 A hen walked by with her brood of chicks.

動詞同義詞: ponder (沉思), worry (擔心), mope (悶悶不樂); 名詞同義詞: offspring (後代), young (幼崽), litter (一窩)

源自古英語“brōd”,與“breed”(繁殖)有關。

想像一隻母鳥在“brooding”(孵蛋),看起來既深思熟慮又憂心忡忡。這將動詞的兩個意思聯繫起來了。

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