詞匯精選:brood的用法和辨析
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!
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- 華中科技大學(xué)