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broody

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adj.喜伏窝的,多产的,多思考的

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broody为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:broodiness 形容词比较级:broodier 最高级:broodiest

broody


adj (-ier, -iest)
1 (a) (of a hen) wanting to brood (指母鸡)要孵卵的.
(b) (fig 比喻) (of a woman) badly wanting to have a baby (指妇女)迫切想有个孩子的.
2 (fig 比喻) moody; depressed 沮丧的; 抑郁的
*Why are you so broody today? 你今天为什么这样闷闷不乐?

broody


adj
BrE informal wishing that you had a baby
 I get broody when I see baby clothes in shop windows.
silent because you are thinking or worrying about something
 Damian's been really broody lately.
if a female bird is broody, it wants to lay eggs or to sit on them to make the young birds break out
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