brood
US: /ˈbɹud/
UK: /bɹˈuːd/
UK: /bɹˈuːd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
brood /bru:d/
- danh từ
- lứa, ổ (gà con, chim con...)
- a brood of chicken: một lứa ga con
- đoàn, bầy, lũ (người, súc vật)
- con cái, lũ con
- lứa, ổ (gà con, chim con...)
- nội động từ
- ấp (gà)
- suy nghĩ ủ ê, nghiền ngẫm
- to brood over one's misfortunes: nghiên ngẫm về sự bất hạnh của mình
- bao trùm, bao phủ (mây đen, màn đêm, bóng tối, sự yên lặng...)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 [V] ~ (over / on / about sth) to think a lot about sth that makes you annoyed, anxious or upset: You're not still brooding over what he said, are you?
2 [V, VN] if a bird broods, or broods its eggs, it sits on the eggs in order to HATCH them (= make the young come out of them)
+ noun [C+sing./pl. v.]
1 all the young birds or creatures that a mother produces at one time
2 (humorous) a large family of children: She grew up amidst a lively brood of brothers and sisters.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 young, offspring, progeny; children, family:
A mallard was tending her brood among the rushes.
v.
2 incubate, hatch, set, sit, cover:
The old hen was brooding three eggs.
3 Also, brood on or over. ponder (on or over), meditate (on or over), contemplate, ruminate (on or over), muse (on or over):
He just sits there brooding over the subject of his next novel.
4 mope, sulk, pout, pine, eat one's heart out, fret, worry, agonize, despair:
Don't just brood over the problem, do something about solving it!
Concise English dictionary
broods|brooded|broodingbruːd
noun
+the young of an animal cared for at one time
verb
+think moodily or anxiously about something
+hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
+be in a huff and display one's displeasure
+be in a huff; be silent or sullen
+sit on (eggs)
