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brood

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Số nhiều: broodsQuá khứ: broodedPhân từ 2: broodedV-ing: brooding

As a verb, this word carries a heavy, dark emotional weight. It suggests a stagnant kind of thinking where a person is trapped in a loop of resentment or sorrow, rather than solving a problem. It is often associated with a moody, solitary atmosphere, evoking an image of someone staring into space while nursing a grudge. In its biological sense, the word evokes a feeling of protection and warmth. It describes the instinctive, nurturing phase of early life, creating a sharp contrast between the warmth of a physical nest and the coldness of emotional brooding.

Countable when referring to a specific group of offspring (a brood of chicks). Uncountable when referring to the act of sitting on eggs to hatch them.

Ý nghĩa

Danh từ

[something]

A family of young animals, especially birds, produced by one mother at one hatching.

"The hen sat on her brood of chicks."

Nội động từ

[someone]

To think deeply and unhappily about something for a long time.

"He spent the afternoon brooding over his failures."

Ngoại động từ

[someone][something]

To sit on eggs to hatch them.

"The mother bird broods her eggs for three weeks."

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