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1. Oxford Dictionary

   brood

   • IPA[bruːd]

   英式

   • n.
     a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth；a large family of children
   • v.
     think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried；(of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them
   • adj.
     (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding

   • verb: brood, 3rd person present: broods, gerund or present participle: brooding, past tense: brooded, past participle: brooded

   • noun: brood, plural noun: broods

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth a brood of chicks 同義詞 offspring, young, progeny, spawn, family, ... 更多hatch, clutch, nest, litter, rareprogeniture
   • ▪ informal a large family of children she was brought up as part of a brood of eight 同義詞 family, household, ménage, clan, tribe, ... 更多children, offspring, youngsters, little ones, progeny, descendants, issue, informalkids, sprogs
   • 2. bee or wasp larvae.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried she had brooded over the subject a thousand times 同義詞 worry about, fret about, agonize over, mope over, moon over, ... 更多languish over, feel despondent about, grieve over, sulk about, eat one's heart out over, think about, ponder, contemplate, pore over, meditate on, muse on, mull over, dwell on, ruminate on/over, chew over, puzzle over, weigh up, turn over in one's mind
   • 2. (of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them the male pheasant-tailed jacana takes over once the eggs are laid and broods them 同義詞 incubate, cover, hatch, sit on
   • ▪ (of a fish, frog, or invertebrate) hold (developing eggs) within the body.

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding a brood mare

   brooding

   • adj.
     showing deep unhappiness of thought: he stared with brooding eyes

   Oxford American Dictionary

   brooding

   • adj.
     engaged in or showing deep thought about something that makes one sad, angry, or worried: he stared with brooding eyes

   Oxford Dictionary

   foul brood

   • n.
     a fatal bacterial disease of larval honeybees.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   foul brood

   • n.
     a fatal bacterial disease of larval honeybees.

   Oxford Dictionary

   brood pouch

   • n.
     a pouch in certain fish, frogs, and invertebrates in which the eggs are protected before hatching.

   Oxford Dictionary

   brood pouch

   • n.
     a pouch in certain fish, frogs, and invertebrates in which the eggs are protected before hatching.

   Oxford American Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   brood

   • IPA[bro͞od]

   美式

   • n.
     a family of young animals, especially of a bird, produced at one hatching or birth: a brood of chicks
   • v.
     think deeply about something that makes one unhappy: he brooded over his need to find a wife
   • adj.
     (of an animal) kept to be used for breeding: a brood mare

   Oxford American Dictionary