broody
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++brood·y /ˈbruːdi/ adjective 1 British English informalWANT wishing that you had a baby 想要孩子的 I get broody when I see baby clothes. 我看到婴儿服装，就会产生想要孩子的念头。2 WORRIEDsilent because you are thinking or worrying about something 闷闷不乐的，抑郁的；沉思的 Damian’s been broody lately. 达米安近来一直闷闷不乐。3. HBPif a female bird is broody, it wants to lay eggs or to sit on them to make the young birds break out 〔雌鸟〕想孵蛋的，要抱窝的 —broodiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
broody• Men, under these circumstances, would have no broody gene of their own.• Once he put a broody hen on a clutch of eggs and ten little chicks hatched out.• The broody hens were taken and the young pheasants ignored.• They're a broody looking fivesome, all dark clothes and darker expressions.• She tried to clear them from her mind, but was broody over breakfast.• I was left broody, solemn, sad.• After that she said nothing for a while, only sat watching me in a broody way.brood·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
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brood‧y /ˈbruːdi/
adjective
1. British English informal wishing that you had a baby:
I get broody when I see baby clothes.
2. silent because you are thinking or worrying about something:
Damian’s been broody lately.
3. if a female bird is broody, it wants to lay eggs or to sit on them to make the young birds break out
—broodiness noun [uncountable]
brood‧y /ˈbruːdi/
adjective1. British English informal wishing that you had a baby:
2. silent because you are thinking or worrying about something:
3. if a female bird is broody, it wants to lay eggs or to sit on them to make the young birds break out
—broodiness noun [uncountable]