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broods
沉思；忧思；郁闷地思考
broods is the third person singular of brood.
核心释义
常与 over、on 或 about 连用
to think about something sadly, angrily, or moodily for a long time
- 1.
孵蛋使其孵化。
To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.
- 2.
保护(逐渐成熟的事物)；培育。
To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.
- 3.
(通常与 over、on 或 about 连用)独自长时间沉思、忧虑。
(typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon one's thoughts moodily and at length, mainly alone.
- 4.
被繁殖。
To be bred.
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。
用法In use
After the argument, she sat alone in her room brooding over what had been said.
用法提示：此处 brooding 为现在分词，表示“沉思”，常与 over 连用。
He tends to brood about his mistakes long after they are made.
用法提示：brood 作为动词原形，与 about 搭配，表示“忧虑”。
Stop brooding and come help us with the preparations.
用法提示：brooding 为动名词，用于祈使句否定形式，表示“担忧”。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
习语与比喻表达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.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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。
用法优先级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。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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