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- brood [bruːd]
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1.
n
a number of young animals, esp birds, produced at one hatching
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2.
n
all the offspring in one family: often used jokingly or contemptuously
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3.
n
a group of a particular kind; breed
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4.
n
[as modifier]
kept for breeding
- a brood mare
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5.
vb
to sit on or hatch (eggs)
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to cover (young birds) protectively with the wings
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7.
vt.
[
when intr, often foll by on, overor upon] to ponder morbidly or persistently -
8.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English br
o d; related to Middle High German bruot, Dutch broed; seebreed
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1.
n
a number of young animals, esp birds, produced at one hatching
Examples
- the new brood of poets
- 一批诗坛新秀 → brood
- to brood revenge
- 盘算报仇 → brood
- a brood mare
- 传种母马 → brood
- a brood mare → brood
- a youngling brood → youngling
- 你有什么事就说吧，别闷在心里。
- Speak out. Don't just brood over things. → 闷
- 一窝小鸡
- a brood of chickens → 窝
- 小袋鼠自从出生起就一直生活在妈妈的育儿袋里。
- At birth, the baby kangaroo lives in its mother's brood pouch. → 育儿
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