中英词典:brood
形容词
1. brood
- 中文翻译:沉思的,忧郁的
- 例句:She had a brood look on her face.(她脸上带着一种忧郁的表情。)
2. brooding
- 中文翻译:沉思的,消沉的
- 例句:He sat alone in brooding silence.(他一个人坐在那里沉思着,一言不发。)
名词
1. brood
- 中文翻译:一窝(幼鸟),一窝幼崽
- 例句:The hen was sitting on her brood of eggs.(母鸡正盘腿坐在一窝蛋上。)
2. brood
- 中文翻译:后代,子孙
- 例句:He had a large brood to take care of.(他有一大群子女要照顾。)
词语辨析
- brood vs. ponder: brood强调长时间而深度地沉思,而ponder则更侧重于仔细考虑。
- brood vs. offspring: brood指母鸟孵化出的一窝幼鸟,而offspring则指所有后代。
词汇扩充
- broodiness: 中文翻译为"忧郁"或"消沉",形容人情绪低落或忧虑的状态。
近义词
- contemplate, meditate, muse
反义词
- rejoice, delight, cheer
柯林斯词典(Collins Dictionary)
- brood (verb): If someone broods about something, they think about it a lot, seriously, and often unhappily.
- brood (noun): A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
牛津词典(Oxford Dictionary)
- brood (verb): Think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.
- brood (noun): A family of young animals, especially birds, produced at one hatching or birth.
用法
- She brooded over the mistake she had made.
- The hen sat on her brood of eggs.
- He had a brood of five children to take care of.
中英例句对照
She had a brood look on her face.(她脸上带着一种忧郁的表情。)
He sat alone in brooding silence.(他一个人坐在那里沉思着,一言不发。)
The hen was sitting on her brood of eggs.(母鸡正盘腿坐在一窝蛋上。)
He had a large brood to take care of.(他有一大群子女要照顾。)
She brooded over her failed relationship.(她对自己失败的关系一直忧心忡忡。)
The mother bird was protecting her brood from predators.(母鸟正保护着她的一窝幼鸟,不受捕食者的侵害。)
His brooding silence made everyone uncomfortable.(他沉默寡言的样子让每个人都感到不舒服。)
The brood of ducklings followed their mother closely.(一窝小鸭子紧紧跟随着它们的母亲。)
She sat in brooding silence, lost in her own thoughts.(她坐在那里陷入一种忧思的沉默中,沉浸在自己的思绪中。)
The hen hatched a brood of chicks.(母鸡孵出了一窝小鸡。)
He has a brood of six children.(他有六个子女。)
She brooded over the mistake she had made.(她对自己犯的错误耿耿于怀。)
The brooding sky signaled an approaching storm.(阴沉的天空预示着即将到来的风暴。)
He couldn't shake off the brooding feeling of guilt.(他无法摆脱内疚的忧虑感。)
She had a broody look on her face.(她脸上带着一种忧虑的表情。)
The mother bird was brooding over her nest.(母鸟正在巢上孵蛋。)
He brooded on the injustice of the situation.(他对这种不公平的情况耿耿于怀。)
The brood of chicks followed their mother around the farm.(一窝小鸡在农场里跟随着母鸡四处走动。)
He had a brood of grandchildren to spoil.(他有一群要溺爱的孙辈。)
She couldn't stop brooding about the argument they had.(她无法停止对他们的争吵耿耿于怀。)
The broody hen was sitting on a clutch of eggs.(这只有孵蛋倾向的母鸡正坐在一窝蛋上。)
He brooded over his failures and missed opportunities.(他沉思着自己的失败和错过的机会。)
The brood of puppies played happily in the yard.(一窝小狗在院子里快乐地玩耍。)