单词 | brood |
释义 | brood n [C, Gp] 1 all the young birds or other animals produced at one hatching or birth (一窝孵出的)幼鸟; (一次产出的)动物 a hen and her brood (of chicks) 母鸡和它的一窝小鸡. 2 (joc 谑) family of children 一家的孩子 There´s Mrs O´Brien taking her brood for a walk. 奥布赖恩太太领著她那群孩子散步呢. brood, v 1 [I] (of a bird) sit on eggs to hatch them (指鸟)孵雏. 2 [I, Ipr] ~ (on/over sth) think (about sth) for a long time in a troubled or resentful way 忧闷地沉思(某事物) When he´s depressed he sits brooding for hours. 他消沉的时候, 就坐著沉思几小时. It doesn´t help to brood on your mistakes. 对所犯的错误耿耿於怀是无济於事的. |
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