brood

UK:  [bruːd]

US:  [brud]

复数：broods  现在分词：brooding  过去分词：brooded  

v.

1.孵卵,伏窝般地静坐

2.孵(蛋),孵出

3.孵蛋

4.(鸟、母鸡等)用翅膀护(幼雏、小鸡等)

5.焦急地考虑,郁闷地想

6.盘算,仔细考虑

7.沉思,盘算,冥思苦想

8.笼罩

9.沮丧

10.把…放在心上

n.

1.(鸡雏等的)一窝;同窝幼雏;幼蜂;(昆虫等)一次产出的卵;(动物)一次下的崽

2.同窝雏鸡

3.(动物的)种,属,群,种族;〔蔑称〕(一家的)孩子们;同伙,同党,同胞;(事物的)一组

4.孵化

5.同群幼畜

6.脉石

adj.

1.(母鸡等)抱窝的;(昆虫等)产卵的

2.传种用的,繁殖用的

1 . To prevent the queen from crawling up to the top and laying eggs, a screen can be inserted between the brood chamber and the supers.
为了防止蜂王爬到顶端生蛋，一个筛子被插到窝室和空盒之间。

2 . I told her straight out that the whole winter I had been doing nothing but brood over the certainty of her love.
我直率地说了：我整个冬天都相信她的爱情。

3 . Ever since her breach of her mother' s command and the subsequent breakup of the bulk of their brood, she was even more careful.
自从蜂后违背母亲的命令，随后大部分蜜蜂分裂以来，她就更加小心了。

4 . When his mother demanded a new house for the growing brood in 1979, there was no question that it would be built.
1979年，他的母亲要求为这个越来越大的家盖新房，没有问题新的房子就得盖起来。

5 . Her elopement was a great blow to the parents, but Clyde himself did not brood over the matter.
她的出走给双亲很大的打击，可克莱德却没把这件事放在心上。