worry, brood, care, fret

名詞 brood:

1. the young of an animal cared for at one time

動(dòng)詞 brood:

1. think moodily or anxiously about something
   同義詞：dwell
2. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
   同義詞：hover, loom, bulk large
3. be in a huff and display one's displeasure
   同義詞：sulk, pout
4. be in a huff; be silent or sullen
   同義詞：grizzle, stew
5. sit on (eggs)
   同義詞：hatch, cover, incubate

1. Some insects produce seven or eight broods a year.
   有些昆蟲一年產(chǎn)七八次卵。
2. It's no use brooding over one's past mistakes.
   老是抱著過(guò)去的錯(cuò)誤是沒用的。

brood

n.（名詞）
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother.
幼小的動(dòng)物：某種幼小的動(dòng)物，尤指一次孵出并由同一個(gè)母親照料的一群雛鳥或雛禽
The children in one family.
家庭的所有孩子
v.（動(dòng)詞）
brood.ed,brood.ing,broods
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To sit on or hatch (eggs).
坐在（蛋）上或孵（蛋）
To protect (young) by or as if by covering with the wings.
庇護(hù)：用或似用翅膀遮蔽來(lái)保護(hù)（雛兒）
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To sit on or hatch eggs.
坐在蛋上或孵蛋
To hover envelopingly; loom.
盤旋；隱約出現(xiàn)

To be deep in thought; meditate.
沉思；冥想
To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry:
考慮：苦思冥想一個(gè)主題；擔(dān)憂：
例句：
brooded over the insult for several days.
好幾天都默想著受到的侮辱

To be depressed.
垂頭喪氣
adj.（形容詞）
Kept for breeding:
為繁殖而飼養(yǎng)的：
例句：
a brood hen; a brood mare.
喂養(yǎng)下蛋的母雞；飼養(yǎng)生馬駒的母馬

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old English brôd * see bhreu-
源自 古英語(yǔ) brôd *參見 bhreu-

【引伸】
brood.ingly
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>brood,dwell,fret,mope,stew,worryThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to turn over in the mind moodily and at length.:
這些動(dòng)詞共有的中心意思是.悶悶不樂地在腦海里長(zhǎng)時(shí)間冥思苦想.：
例句：
brooding about his decline in popularity;
思忖著他的名望下降的原因；

例句：
dwelled on her defeat;
思索著她的失??；

例句：
fretting over the loss of their jobs;
擔(dān)憂他們的失業(yè)；

例句：
moping about his illness;
牽掛著他的病；

例句：
stewing over her upcoming trial;
擔(dān)心她即將到來(lái)的審判；

例句：
worrying about the unpaid bills. See also Synonyms at flock
掛慮著沒付的帳單 參見同義詞 flock