broody

英 [ˈbruːdi]

美 [ˈbruːdi]

adj.  急于生孩子的; 要抱窝的; 闷闷不乐的; 郁郁寡欢的

BNC.36025 / COCA.38838

牛津词典

adj.

• 急于生孩子的
  wanting very much to have a baby
  1. I reached the age of 27 and suddenly started to feel broody.
     到27岁时，我突然产生了很想要个孩子的念头。
• 要抱窝的
  wanting to lay eggs and sit on them
  1. a broody hen
     要抱窝的母鸡
• 闷闷不乐的；郁郁寡欢的
  quiet and thinking about sth because you are unhappy or disappointed

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 闷闷不乐的；抑郁的
  You say that someone isbroodywhen they are thinking a lot about something in an unhappy way.
  1. He became very withdrawn and broody.
     他变得非常沉默抑郁。
• 要下蛋的；要孵蛋的
  Abroodyhen is ready to lay or sit on eggs.
• 一心想生孩子的
  If you describe a young woman asbroody, you mean that she wants to have a baby and she keeps thinking about it.

英英释义

noun

• a domestic hen ready to brood
  Synonym:brood henbroody hensetting hensitter

adj

• deeply or seriously thoughtful
  1. Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
  Synonym:broodingcontemplativemeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative
• physiologically ready to incubate eggs
  1. a broody hen

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