brood
verb- [intransitive] brood (over/on/about something)
to think a lot about something that makes you annoyed, anxious or upset 焦慮,憂思(使人厭煩、擔憂或不安的事) Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2He sits in his armchair brooding on how life has let him down. 他坐在扶手椅裏,鬱悶地想着生活是多麽令他失望。 Try not to brood about last night. 盡量不要想着昨晚的事。
- [intransitive, transitive] brood (something)
if a bird broods, or broods its eggs, it sits on the eggs in order to hatch them (= make the young come out of them) 孵(蛋)
Word OriginOld English brōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broed and German Brut, also to breed. Sense (1) of the verb was originally used with an object, i.e. ‘to nurse (feelings) in the mind’ (late 16th cent.), a figurative use of the idea of a hen nursing chicks under her wings.