brood /bruːd/ CET6 TEM4 ( brooding, brooded, broods )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. 一窝幼雏

  例：

  ...a hungry brood of fledglings.

  …一窝饥饿的雏鸟。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to someone's young children as their brood when you want to emphasize that there are a lot of them. 一家子 [强调]

  例：

  ...a large brood of children.

  …一大家子小孩。

• 3. 

  V-I If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily. 担忧

  例：

  She constantly broods about her family.

  她一直在为她的家人担忧。