brood
brood
noun
noun
- a family of young animals, typically birds, produced at one hatching or birth
一窝（小动物，尤指小鸟）
a brood of chicks.
一窝小鸡。
■[mass noun]bee or wasp larvae
幼蜂
■(informal)all of the children in a family
(非正式)（一家的）所有孩子
she was brought up by a loving stepfather as part of a brood of eight.
她由慈爱的继父养大，这位父亲总共拉扯大了八个孩子。
■a group of things or people having a similar character
一类（事物），一伙（人）
broods of sedentary clergymen.
几伙习惯于久坐的僧侣。
- [no obj.]think deeply about something that makes one unhappy
沉思，念念不忘（尤指不愉快的事）
he brooded over his dead mother.
他念念不忘已故的母亲。 - [with obj.](of a bird) sit on (eggs) to hatch them
（鸟儿）孵（蛋）
■(of a fish, frog, or invertebrate) hold (developing eggs) within the body
（鱼，青蛙或无脊椎动物）孕育（幼卵）
- [attrib.](of an animal) kept to be used for breeding
（动物）传种的，为繁殖而饲养的
a brood mare.
一只母种马。
- Old English brōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broed and German Brut, also to breed Sense 1 of the verb was originally used with an object, i.e. 'to nurse (feelings) in the mind' (late 16th cent.), a figurative use of the notion of a hen nursing chicks under her wings
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