brood
noun[C]
uk/bruːd/us/bruːd/agroupofyoungbirdsallbornat the sametime:
一窝雏鸟Theblackbirdflewback andforthtoitsbrood.乌鸫飞来飞去的，忙于哺育幼雏。
humorous
a person'syoungchildren:
…的孩子Ann was at thepartywith her brood.安和她的孩子们参加了聚会。
your child
- childWe have three children, two girls and a boy.
- sonMy son is getting married in the spring.
- daughterHer daughter works for a multinational in the Netherlands.
- kidMy two kids are both grown up now.
- offspringI'm sure you'll be relieved once your offspring grow up and leave home.
- broodMy sister descended on me with her brood of five.
Animal groupings
- bevy
- biomass
- colony
- colony collapse
- colony collapse disorder
- covey
- drove
- flight
- gaggle
- herd
- hive
- menagerie
- murder
- murmuration
- pack
- pod
- school
- shoal
- swarm
- team
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Children & babies
brood
verb[I]
uk/bruːd/us/bruːd/tothinkfor alongtimeabout things that make yousad,worried, orangry:
忧思，担扰；怨忿地想Iwishshe wouldn'tsitbrooding in herroomallday.我希望她不要整天呆在房间里忧心忡忡的。
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sulkverbdisapproving
to think carefully about something
- considerDon't make any decisions before you've considered the matter.
- contemplateHe lay in a hospital bed contemplating his future.
- ponderShe sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game.
- mull overI need a few days to mull things over before I decide.
- reflectI spent a lot of time reflecting on what he'd said.
- agonizeShe agonized for days before agreeing to take the job.
Continually thinking about
- absorb
- absorbed
- axe
- be devoured bysomethingidiom
- be hung up onsomethingidiom
- be wrapped up insomething/someoneidiom
- devour
- fixate
- fixated
- fixation
- get intosomeone
- have an axe to grindidiom
- mania
- nag
- obsessive
- obsessively
- one-track mind
- overactive
- preoccupation
- preoccupied