| 单词 | brood |
| 释义 | brood (once / 359 pages) 1v 2n 3v A brood is a group of young born at the same time — like a brood of chicks — but your parents might use the word for you and your siblings: "We're taking the whole brood to the movies tonight." Brood is also what a chicken does when she sits on her eggs to hatch them. You can also brood, when you worry and sulk and dwell on something obsessively — maybe as tedious as sitting on eggs, but no chicks when you're done. Things like clouds or silence can also brood, hanging over something ominously, as a storm that broods over the sea, sending fishermen scurrying for safety. WORD FAMILYbrood: brooded, brooder, brooding, broods+/brooder: brooders/brooding: broodingly, broodings USAGE EXAMPLESThroughout the finished film — lent a brooding quality by its stark landscapes; misty, desaturated palette; and figures often seen in silhouette — his influence is unmistakable. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) One aria speaks of “you scum of the world,” of “dragon’s brood” spitting venom in the Saviour’s face. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) His mother was a public-school teacher who quit her job to raise her brood; nine of her cousins and three of her aunts were nuns. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1v hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing The terrible vision brooded over her all day long Syn|Hypo|Hyper bulk large, hover, loom dominate, eclipse, overshadow be greater in significance than hang be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive 2v think moodily or anxiously about something Syn|Hyper dwell care, worry be concerned with 3v be in a huff; be silent or sullen Syn|Hyper grizzle, stew pout, sulk be in a huff and display one's displeasure 4v be in a huff and display one's displeasure 2Syn|Hypo pout, sulk grizzle, stew be in a huff; be silent or sullen n the young of an animal cared for at one time 3Hypo|Hyper clutch a number of birds hatched at the same time animal group a group of animals v sit on (eggs) Birds brood Syn|Hyper cover, hatch, incubate hatch emerge from the eggs multiply, procreate, reproduce have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
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