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 He became very withdrawn and broody.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

• 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。
• Tim plays the role of a broody teenager.
  蒂姆扮演一个抑郁的少年。
• Now she's gone to broody melodrama, as a cop conflicted by love and honor in Ann Hui's new movie Jade Goddess of Mercy.
  现在她又去演郁闷的通俗剧情，在许鞍华的新片《玉观音》里饰演一个饱受爱情与荣誉相互冲突的女警。
• 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。
• 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。
• Variation of the plasma "luteinizing hormone" and progesterone concentration during the ovulatory cycle and broody period in hens
  母鸡在排卵周期和抱窝血浆黄体生成素类似物和孕酮的浓度变化
• According to research, men are getting broody too.
  调查显示，越来越多的男人急于要小孩。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。