brood

詳細解釋：

brood

n.（名詞）
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother.
幼小的動物：某種幼小的動物，尤指一次孵出並由同一個母親照料的一群雛鳥或雛禽
The children in one family.
家庭的所有孩子
v.（動詞）
brood.ed,brood.ing,broods
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To sit on or hatch (eggs).
坐在（蛋）上或孵（蛋）
To protect (young) by or as if by covering with the wings.
庇護：用或似用翅膀遮蔽來保護（雛兒）
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To sit on or hatch eggs.
坐在蛋上或孵蛋
To hover envelopingly; loom.
盤旋；隱約出現

To be deep in thought; meditate.
沉思；冥想
To focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry:
考慮：苦思冥想一個主題；擔憂：
例句：
brooded over the insult for several days.
好幾天都默想著受到的侮辱

To be depressed.
垂頭喪氣
adj.（形容詞）
Kept for breeding:
為繁殖而飼養的：
例句：
a brood hen; a brood mare.
餵養下蛋的母雞；飼養生馬駒的母馬

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Old English brôd * see bhreu-
源自 古英文 brôd *參見 bhreu-

【引伸】
brood.ingly
adv.（副詞）
<參考辭彙><同義詞>brood,dwell,fret,mope,stew,worryThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to turn over in the mind moodily and at length.:
這些動詞共有的中心意思是.悶悶不樂地在腦海里長時間冥思苦想.：
例句：
brooding about his decline in popularity;
思忖著他的名望下降的原因；

例句：
dwelled on her defeat;
思索著她的失敗；

例句：
fretting over the loss of their jobs;
擔憂他們的失業；

例句：
moping about his illness;
牽掛著他的病；

例句：
stewing over her upcoming trial;
擔心她即將到來的審判；

例句：
worrying about the unpaid bills. See also Synonyms at flock
掛慮著沒付的帳單 參見同義詞 flock