2.HBPif a birdbroods, it sits on its eggs to make the young birds break out 〔鸟类〕孵蛋,抱窝
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brood• Instead, a burnt man kneelsnear a puddle, quietly brooding.• Ken had little to do except sit and brood.• Don't sit at home brooding about how badly you've been treated.• It becomes heavy work to distract Harriet from brooding about lost Elton.• You can't spend all your time at home brooding about the way he treated you.• Austin sat in the cornerbrooding and looking sorry for himself.• Dad alternately brooded and raged, and Mum wasn't much better.• Ben Nevis brooded benevolently over all.• There's no point in brooding -- forget about her.• The poetry spends a lot of time brooding over death.• Recession is biting at Softwright Systems, but Nick Durrant has no time to brood over it.• Achilles sits in his tent, brooding over the wrongs done to him.• Looking this way at myself, I am less inclined to brood over whatever blessings may have been withheld.
brood over/about/on• All those lovelyCaliforniacottonwoods and eucalypti brooded on all sides.• But there was no use brooding on it: the fullstory would never be known now.• The divorce still feels painful, so I try not to brood on it too much.• It becomes heavy work to distract Harriet from brooding about lost Elton.• The HolySpirit is there too brooding over the waters at every baptism.• She must remember them, but not brood on them.• They force the reader to slow down, to dwell or brood on what is happening.• She's still brooding over what to do next.• Looking this way at myself, I am less inclined to brood over whatever blessings may have been withheld.
brood2 noun [countableC]
1.HBPa family of young birds all born at the same time 〔同时孵出的〕一窝(雏鸟)
2FAMILYa family with a lot of children – used humorously 一大家孩子〔幽默用法〕
brood ♦︎ pout ♦︎ sulk ♦︎ mopeThese words all mean to behave in way that shows that you are angry or upset.这些词均表示忧烦、生闷气。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to brood / sulk / mope about sth◆to brood / sulk over sth■brood bruːd [intransitive] (sometimesdisapproving) to think a lot about sth that makes you annoyed, anxious or upset焦虑,忧思(使人厌烦、担忧或不安的事)◆You're not still brooding over what he said, are you?你不是还在为他的话闷闷不乐吧?◆He sits in his armchair brooding on how life has let him down.他坐在扶手椅里,郁闷地想着生活是多么令他失望。■pout paʊt [intransitive, transitive] (oftendisapproving) to push out your lips, to show that you are annoyed or unhappy about sth; (of sb's lips) to be pushed out in this way(恼怒或不悦地)撅嘴;(双唇)撅起◆She pouted angrily.她生气地撅起嘴。◆The young clerk pouted his lips as if he was going to object.年轻的职员撅起嘴,像是要表示反对。ⓘ You can also pout to look sexually attractive. * pout也可指嘟嘴以示性感◆Her lips pouted invitingly.她挑逗地嘟起双唇。▸pout
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[singular] ◆Her lips were set in a pout of annoyance.她愠恼地撅起了双唇。■sulk [intransitive] (disapproving) to look angry and refuse to speak or smile because you want people to know that you are upset about sth面有愠色;生闷气◆He went off to sulk in his room.他回到自己房里,生起闷气来。 see also sulk ⇨ tempernoun, sulky ⇨ irritable■mope [intransitive] (disapproving) to spend your time doing nothing and feeling sorry for yourself闷闷不乐;自怨自艾◆Instead of moping around the house all day, you should be out there looking for a job.不要整天闷闷不乐地在家里晃悠,你应该出去找份工作。