brooding
美['brud??]
- adj. 沉思的；徘徊不去的
- n. 孵卵
低頻詞
英文詞源
- brooding (adj.)
- 1640s, "hovering, overhanging" (as a mother bird does her nest), from present participle of brood (v.); meaning "that dwells moodily" first attested 1818 (in "Frankenstein").
- brooding (n.)
- "action of incubating," c. 1400, verbal noun from brood (v.). Figuratively (of weather, etc.) from 1805; of mental fixations by 1873. Related: Broodingly.
雙語例句
- 1. She kissed him and gazed into his dark, brooding eyes.
- 她吻了吻他，久久凝視著他烏黑憂郁的雙眼。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Males and females take turns brooding the eggs.
- 雄鳥和雌鳥輪流孵蛋。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them.
- 他們也感覺到了同樣沉重壓抑的寂靜。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. You're not still brooding over what he said, are you?
- 你不是還在為他的話悶悶不樂吧？
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The hen is brooding her eggs.
- 母雞正在孵小雞.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
