brood

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++brood1 /bruːd/ verb [intransitive]  1  WORRIEDTHINK ABOUTto keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about 沉思；忧思；深思 Don’t sit at home brooding all day. 别整天坐在家里闷闷不乐的。brood over/about/on There’s no point brooding over it – she’s gone. 老是想这件事也没用，她都已经走了。► see thesaurus at think2. HBPif a bird broods, it sits on its eggs to make the young birds break out 〔鸟类〕孵蛋，抱窝→ See Verb table

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brood• Instead, a burnt man kneels near 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 corner brooding 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 lovely California cottonwoods and eucalypti brooded on all sides.• But there was no use brooding on it: the full story 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 Holy Spirit 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 [countable]  1. HBPa family of young birds all born at the same time 〔同时孵出的〕一窝（雏鸟）2  FAMILYa family with a lot of children – used humorously 一大家孩子〔幽默用法〕brood of Mary has a whole brood of grandchildren. 玛丽有一大群孙子孙女。

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brood• So where were these sacrificial adopted broods coming from?• His actions had triggered full-scale rebellion by the hybrids and by the vaster Stealer brood of true-seeming humans.• This will ensure good growth in the brood.• The youngest bees clean out the cells and nurse the brood.• He had been the largest of the brood, always alert and playing.• It takes at least an hour to get the whole brood ready to go to school.Origin brood2 Old English brod

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brood¹ /bruːd/ verb [intransitive]
1. to keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about:
    Don’t sit at home brooding all day.
    brood over/about/on
    There’s no point brooding over it – she’s gone.
2. if a bird broods, it sits on its eggs to make the young birds break out
     

THESAURUS

■ to keep thinking about something
   ▪ brood to keep thinking for a long time about something that worries you or that makes you angry or upset: There’s no point brooding over things you can’t change.
   ▪ dwell on something to spend too much time thinking about something sad or unpleasant: I try to enjoy my life today and not dwell on the past.

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brood² noun [countable]1. a family of young birds all born at the same time
2. a family with a lot of children – used humorously
    brood of
    Mary has a whole brood of grandchildren.