英语词汇“brood”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun | adjective

broodbrood1 /brud/ verb [intransitive]

VERB TABLE

brood

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	brood
	he, she, it	broods
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	brooded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have brooded
	he, she, it	has brooded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had brooded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will brood
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have brooded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am brooding
	he, she, it	is brooding
	you, we, they	are brooding
Past	I, he, she, it	was brooding
	you, we, they	were brooding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been brooding
	he, she, it	has been brooding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been brooding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be brooding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been brooding

1to keep thinking about something that you are worried, angry, or upset about: brood over/about/on She’s still brooding over the divorce.2if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs to keep them warm until the young birds come out