Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #15462
brood
沉思；忧思；郁闷地思考
to think about something sadly, angrily, or moodily for a long time
常与 over、on 或 about 连用
- 1.
To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
孵蛋使其孵化。
- 2.
To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
保护(逐渐成熟的事物)；培育。
- 3.
(typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon one's thoughts moodily and at length, mainly alone.
(通常与 over、on 或 about 连用)独自长时间沉思、忧虑。
- 4.
To be bred.
被繁殖。
孵（蛋）；孵雏；抚育；培养；呵护；繁殖；被培育；孵蛋使其孵化。；保护(逐渐成熟的事物)；培育。
In use
After the argument, she sat alone in her room brooding over what had been said.
He tends to brood about his mistakes long after they are made.
Stop brooding and come help us with the preparations.
Verb forms
base brood · third person broods · -ing brooding · past brooded · past participle brooded
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- brood over something
- 为某事忧思；对某事耿耿于怀
- Stop brooding over your past mistakes.别再为你过去的错误忧思了。
- brood in silence
- 默默地忧思；独自闷闷不乐
- He sat in the corner, brooding in silence.他坐在角落里，默默忧思。
- brooding hen
- 孵蛋的母鸡；抱窝的母鸡
- The brooding hen refuses to leave her eggs.孵蛋的母鸡不肯离开她的蛋。
Idioms & figurative uses
- brood over
- 反复忧思；为……而闷闷不乐She sat by the window, brooding over what he had said.她坐在窗边，反复想着他说过的话。
Synonyms
- worry
- 担心；发愁 · worry 常用于日常烦恼，不强调独处或长时间；brood 更侧重独自郁闷地反复思考。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：brood 中间两个 oo 像眼睛——母鸡孵蛋时守着蛋，人忧虑时也独自守着念头不放。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary fiction、personal reflection 这里指“长时间忧思/沉思”这个义项（常接 over/on/about）。它比 think/worry 更书面，带有持续郁闷或不安的情绪，通常出现在文学或较正式的表达中；日常口语中更常说 worry、think 或 mope。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 brood /bruːd/ 押韵的词：food /fuːd/, mood /muːd/, rude /ruːd/, crude /kruːd/, dude /duːd/, brewed /bruːd/（brewed 与 brood 同音异形）。注意拼写相近但不押韵的词：blood /blʌd/, flood /flʌd/, good /ɡʊd/, wood /wʊd/，其中 'ood' 的发音不同。
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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