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 He became very withdrawn and broody.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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Broody Rules& Change Regularity of Reproductive Hormone and Polymorphism of Microsatellite on PRL Gene in Muscovy Ducks
  番鸭就巢、生殖激素变化规律及PRL基因微卫星多态性