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 He became very withdrawn and broody.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

• Over 30% hens presented typical broodiness, and the duration of each broody cycle was about 29 days.
  超过30%的母鸡表现出典型就巢行为，其平均就巢持续时间约为29天。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So perhaps it was broody Victoria's choice to choose pink toenails for the only other girl in the family.
  给家里唯一“女孩”装饰粉红色指甲是多产的维多利亚的选择。
• 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。
• According to research, men are getting broody too.
  调查显示，越来越多的男人急于要小孩。
• He became very withdrawn and broody.
  他变得非常沉默抑郁。
• Seoul is still awash with broody women and red-blooded males who like competitive business, strong booze and muddy football matches.
  首尔仍充斥着想生许多孩子的女性和喜欢竞争性行业、烈酒和泥泞足球比赛的热血男子。
• The mean broodiness number of times for the population was 0.43, and mean broody days was 12.3 ( 0~ 96).
  鸡群平均典型就巢次数为0.43次，群体平均就巢时间为12.3天（0～96天）；