brood
英 [bruːd]
美 [brud]
- vt. 孵；沉思
- n. 一窩；一夥
- n. (Brood)人名；(瑞典)布羅德
助記提示
brood 同窩幼鳥“同窩的幼鳥是一塊哺乳的”
2. breed => brood: 區別：字母o就像一個一個的蛋，所以它是通過孵化來繁殖、繁育的。
3. literally "that which is hatched by heat".
4. The figurative meaning ("to incubate in the mind").
5. braise, burn, breed => brood.
中文詞源
brood 憂慮來自breed, 繁殖，孵化。原指母雞孵蛋過程中的暴躁症狀，後指憂慮。
英文詞源
- brood
- brood: [OE] Like breed, brood came from a prehistoric Germanic base *brōd-, whose ultimate source was Indo-European *bhrē- ‘burn, heat’ (its other English descendants include braise, breath, and probably brawn). The underlying notion of brood is thus not so much ‘reproduction’ as ‘incubation, the warmth that promotes hatching’. The verbal sense ‘worry’ developed in the 18th century.
=> braise, brawn, breath, breed - brood (n.)
- Old English brod "brood, fetus, hatchling," from Proto-Germanic *brod (cognates: Middle Dutch broet, Old High German bruot, German Brut "brood"), literally "that which is hatched by heat," from *bro- "to warm, heat," from PIE *bhre- "burn, heat, incubate," from root *bhreue- "to boil, bubble, effervesce, burn" (see brew (v.)).
- brood (v.)
- "sit on eggs, hatch," mid-15c., from brood (n.). The figurative meaning ("to incubate in the mind") is first recorded 1570s, from notion of "nursing" one's anger, resentment, etc. Related: Brooded; brooding.
雙語例句
- 1. I continued to brood. Would he always be like this?
- 我一直不安：他會一直這樣嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The hen brought off a brood of young.
- 母雞孵出了一窩小雞.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. There's Mrs. Brien taking her brood for a walk.
- 布萊恩太太正領著她那群孩子散步呢.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. It is time for hens to brood.
- 該是母雞孵蛋的時候了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Speak out. Don't just brood over things.
- 你有什麽事就說吧, 別圈在心裏.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》