| 釋義 |
brood /bru: d; brud/ n all the young birds hatched at one time in a nest; family of other egg-produced animals; (hum) young family of human beings. 一窩所孵的幼雛; 其他卵生動物之一窩; (諧) 一家里的孩子們。 ' ~- hen n hen for breeding. 孵雛的母雞。 ' ~- mare n mare for breeding. 供繁殖之牝馬; 傳種母馬?？谄?1 [VP2A, C] (of a bird) sit on eggs to hatch them. (指禽類) (坐于卵上) 孵雛; 孵蛋。 2 [VP3A] ~ (on/over), (fig) think about (troubles, etc) for a long time: (喻) 沉思; 思慮; 憂思： She sat there ~ing on whether life was worth living. 她坐在那里沉思人生是否値得活下去。 ~y adj (of hens) wanting to ~; (colloq, of women) feeling the desire to have children; (fig, of persons) moody; depressed. (指母雞) 欲孵卵的; 要孵小雞的; (俗，指女人) 有生孩子之欲的; (喻, 指人) 憂郁的; 沮喪的。 |