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 He became very withdrawn and broody.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

双语例句

• According to research, men are getting broody too.
  调查显示，越来越多的男人急于要小孩。
• Seeing tiny babies always makes me feel broody.
  看见小宝宝总是让我觉得自己也想生一个。
• The concentrations of plasma reproductive hormone were determined during the broody period, in order to show the change regularity of the concentrations of plasma reproductive hormone and the ( relationship) between broody and hormone.
  对番鸭就巢期不同时间的血浆生殖激素水平进行测试，揭示了不同就巢时间血浆生殖激素浓度变化的规律，并对就巢与激素之间的相关性进行分析。
• They are becoming the broody ones, they are more likely to want to settle down sooner.
  他们想要孩子，也更想早点稳定下来。
• He became very withdrawn and broody.
  他变得非常沉默抑郁。
• Now the foreign goose-egg was set under the broody hen and in due time a wonderful gosling hatched out.
  那只外国鹅蛋被放到了抱窝母鸡的肚皮下。时间一到，一只漂亮的小鹅被孵出来。
• Broody couples might want to throw away any dreams of a boy for him and a girl for her.
  打算生小孩的夫妇也许要舍弃一男一女两个小孩的梦想了。
• These results indicated that active immunization in pigeon was unable to affect development of brooding behaviour and laying performance, rather withdrawal of eggs apparently increased egg production and tarnished broody rate.
  以上结果表明：在家鸽中，主动免疫VIP，对抱窝和产蛋均无影响，但将蛋拿出可明显提高产蛋量，降低抱窝率。
• She will become broody and resentful if you don't treat her right.
  如果你不好好待她，她就会变得郁郁沉思、怨恨不已。
• Better a handful of dried figs and content with that, than to own the gate of peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel.
  宁可数着自己手中的几个干无花果傻笑，也不愿意妄想拥有孔雀之门而被骆驼醍瞎眼。