Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #15462
brood
（尤指鸟的）一窝；同窝幼雏
a group of young animals, especially birds, hatched or born to the same mother at the same time
指动物幼崽，不用于人
- 1.
The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
(某些动物的)幼崽；尤指同一母鸟一次孵出的一窝雏鸟。
- 2.
The young of any egg-laying creature, especially if produced at the same time.
(任何卵生动物的)幼体,尤指同时产出的一批。
- 3.
The eggs and larvae of social insects such as bees, ants and some wasps, especially when gathered together in special brood chambers or combs within the colony.
(蜜蜂、蚂蚁等社会性昆虫的)卵和幼虫,尤指聚集在育幼室或蜂巢中的。
- 4.
The children in one family; offspring.
(家庭的)子女；后代。
- 5.
That which is bred or produced; breed; species.
所繁殖或产生的东西；品种；种类。
- 6.
Parentage.
出身；血统。
- 7.
Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.
锡铜矿石中的大量废料。
- 8.
A large number or crowd of people, animals, or objects.
一大群人、动物或物体。
子女；孩子；（社会性昆虫的）卵和幼虫；一大群；一批；品种；物种；出身；血统
In use
The hen gathered her brood of chicks under her wings.
A brood of ducklings followed their mother across the pond.
The teacher watched over her brood of students during the field trip.
Connections
Collocations
- a brood of chicks
- 一窝小鸡
- The hen led her brood of chicks across the yard.母鸡带着她的一窝小鸡穿过院子。
- raise a brood
- 抚养一窝幼崽（常指子女）
- They raised a brood of five children on a small farm.他们在一个小农场养大了五个孩子。
- feed its brood
- 喂养它的一窝雏鸟
- The robin returned to feed its hungry brood.知更鸟飞回来喂它那饥饿的一窝小鸟。
- a brood of ducklings
- 一窝小鸭子
- The mother duck watched over her brood of ducklings.母鸭看护着她的一窝小鸭子。
- the whole brood
- 全家孩子；一大家子
- She took the whole brood to the park.她带着一家子孩子去了公园。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
brood 读音像“哺”（bǔ），母鸟哺育一窝雏鸟，记住“一窝幼雏”的意思。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：动物观察或生物学描述、日常谈话中谈及家庭成员 名词 brood 有两个常见用法：指动物（尤指鸟）一窝幼崽时属于中性或书面语；指一家人的子女时带有口语或幽默色彩。选择时通常根据语境是禽鸟/昆虫的后代还是人的子女来判断。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为broods。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 brood /bruːd/ 发音相同的常见词：food /fuːd/、mood /muːd/、rude /ruːd/（注意 rude 拼写为 -ude）。拼写中以 -ood 结尾但发音不同的常见词：good /ɡʊd/、wood /wʊd/、blood /blʌd/，不要仅凭拼写判断发音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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