一、詳細釋義:


n.

一窩幼雛


例句:

The hen rears her brood.

母雞孵育一窩雞雛。


例句:

The bird was trying to find food for its brood.

鳥兒在為它的一窩小鳥覓食。


一群孩子,家中所有的子女


例句:

He has a large brood of children.

他有一大群子女。


例句:

She grew up amidst a lively brood of brothers and sisters.

她是在一群活潑的兄弟姐妹中間長大的。


v.

沉思,苦思冥想,焦急地考慮 [I,T]


例句:

Speak out. Don't just brood over things.

你有什么事就說吧,別圈在心里。


例句:

I guess everyone broods over things once in a while.

我猜想每個人都會不時地琢磨一些事情。


孵蛋 [I,T]


例句:

It's a time for hens to brood.

是母雞孵蛋的時候了。


例句:

The hen broods ten eggs this time.

這次母雞孵十個蛋


二、詞義辨析:


worry,brood,care,fret

這些動詞均有“煩惱、擔(dān)憂”之意。 worry普通用詞,著重使人焦慮、煩惱或深深不安。 brood語氣比worry強,多指沉思、沮喪或憂郁。 care多指極強烈的關(guān)心和憂慮。常帶純客觀的意味。 fret通常指因悲哀、焦慮或憂愁等所困擾的心理狀態(tài)。


三、參考例句:


He has a large brood of children.

他有一大群子女。


The hen keeps her brood under her.

那只母雞把小雞掩護在翼下。


The hen brought off a brood of young.

母雞孵出了一窩小雞。


Speak out. Don't just brood over things.

你有什么事就說吧,別圈在心里。


He has his own brood to look after.

他有自己的孩子要照顧。


These beetles make sausage -shaped brood chambers along the tunnels.

這些甲殼蟲順著地道建造了一些樣子像香腸的幼仔屋。


It doesn't help to brood on your mistakes.

對所犯的錯誤耿耿于懷是無濟于事的?


She grew up amidst a lively brood of brothers and sisters.

她是在一群活潑的兄弟姐妹中間長大的。


In the brood chamber below, the bees will stash honey to eat later.

在一個窩室中,蜜蜂會藏起蜜晚些再吃。


What fun to see a brood of ducks walking on the sand beach!

看到一窩小鴨在沙灘上行走的情景,多么有趣呀!