Brood
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vt.& vi. 孵蛋;沉思;焦急地考虑;
n. （雏鸡、鸟等的）一窝;一家的孩子;
📝 例句
Don' t brood about it.
不要闷闷不乐地想了。
She was mad at her son for killing the brood hen.
她因儿子宰了传种的母鸡而对他十分恼火。
Vapor jetted from the brood hose as from a little steam engine.
大鼻子里象小小的蒸气机似的冒出热气。
The hen broods twelve eggs this time.
这次那只母鸡孵十二个蛋。
Under every guilty secret there is hidden a brood of guilty wishes.
在每一种罪恶的秘密下面，总有成堆罪恶的愿望被掩盖着。
🌱 联想助记
【串】brood(一窝)小狗blood(血脉)相通,都戴着一个brooch(胸针)
【记】※谐音“哺乳的”:哺乳着一窝小狗
※ brook-小河,brood-一窝:小河边割草,发现一窝鸟
※ blood-血,r-似“小草”:它在草丛中孵出来的蛋沾满了血
✅ 同义词
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📖 牛津释义
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.
🔁 扩展释义
*[bru:d]n. 一窝, 一伙vt. 孵, 沉思【医】 同窝, 一窝(同时孵出的), 孵, 育
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Her next book will come out later this month. The name of the book is The Death of a Housewife.
她的下一本书这个月晚些时候出版，书名是《家庭主妇之死》。
What can it be?
它是什么呢？
That's the way I look at it, too.
我也是这么想。