brood
翻譯
沉思, 憂思, 孵蛋, 一窩
例句
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。
文法模式
((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.
近義詞
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)
詞源
源自古英語“brōd”,與“breed”(繁殖)有關。
記憶技巧
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。