broody

美 [ˈbruːdi]英 [ˈbruːdi]
  • adj.闷闷不乐的;要抱窝的;急于生孩子的;郁郁寡欢的

派生词: broodiness n.

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adj.

1

急于生孩子的
wanting very much to have a baby

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。

2

要抱窝的
wanting to lay eggs and sit on them

a broody hen

要抱窝的母鸡

3

闷闷不乐的;郁郁寡欢的
quiet and thinking about sth because you are unhappy or disappointed

4


broody

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED 闷闷不乐的;抑郁的
    You say that someone is broody when they are thinking a lot about something in an unhappy way.

    He became very withdrawn and broody.

    他变得非常沉默抑郁。

  • 2
    ADJ 要下蛋的;要孵蛋的
    A broody hen is ready to lay or sit on eggs.

  • 3
    ADJ-GRADED 一心想生孩子的
    If you describe a young woman as broody, you mean that she wants to have a baby and she keeps thinking about it.

noun

1
a domestic hen ready to brood
Synonym: brood hen broody hen setting hen sitter

adj

1
deeply or seriously thoughtful
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: brooding contemplative meditative musing pensive pondering reflective ruminative
2
physiologically ready to incubate eggs
a broody hen

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  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。

  2. He became very withdrawn and broody .

    他变得非常沉默抑郁。

  3. According to research , men are getting broody too .

    调查显示,越来越多的男人急于要小孩。

  4. 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。

  5. 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。

  6. Tim plays the role of a broody teenager .

    蒂姆扮演一个抑郁的少年。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. 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

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. 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。

  14. Dorota ? - Serena : Well , after much concerted effort , Maya finally made it into Broody Jenner 's cell phone . -

    Dorota?concerted:协定的effort:努力cellphone:手机呃,经过一番努力,BroodyJenner的手机上终于有了Maya的号码。

  15. 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。

  16. 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。

  17. Men in older age groups were also more broody , with 27 per cent of single guys aged 35 to 44 wanted to have children . But the figure was just 16 per cent for women .

    年龄更大一些的男人们也比女人更想要小孩:年龄在35岁到44岁之间的单身男人中有27%想要小孩,而同年龄段的女人只有16%想要小孩。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. Lead researcher Helen Fisher , of Rutgers University , in New Jersey , said : ' Men today are more like [ the female archetype ] than we have seen in generations . They are becoming the broody ones , they are more likely to want to settle down sooner .

    新泽西罗格斯大学的首席研究员海伦费雪说:“今天的男人们是几代人中最具女性特征的。他们想要孩子,也更想早点稳定下来。”