broody
/broo-dee/US // ˈbru di //UK // (ˈbruːdɪ) //
忧郁的人,忧郁症,忧郁症患者,雏鸟
Related Words
gloomy阴郁的,阴郁,阴沉,阴沉的dispirited萎靡不振,萎靡不振的,沮丧的,颓废的morose丧气,丧气的,悲观的,忧郁的despondent沮丧的,惆怅的,惆怅,抑郁症crestfallen灰心丧气,垂头丧气,垂头丧气的,灰心丧气的glum阴沉,阴郁,忧郁,忧郁的discouraged心灰意冷,灰心丧气,灰心丧气的,心灰意懒disheartened心灰意冷,心灰意冷的,沮丧,丧气pessimistic悲观,悲观的,悲观主义,悲观主义的dour艰难的,忧郁的,艰涩的,忧郁的人sullen愠怒,闷闷不乐,忧郁的,哭丧着脸solemn庄重,庄严,庄严的,庄重的forlorn惆怅,惆怅的,怅然若失,怅惘melancholy感伤,忧郁的人,忧郁的,忧郁sad悲伤,伤心,悲伤的,悲哀ugly丑陋,丑陋的,丑恶的,丑恶dismal惨淡,凄惨的,惨淡的,凄惨depressed消沉的,沮丧的,郁闷,郁闷的miserable悲惨的,凄惨的,凄惨,悲惨的事drooping下垂的,低垂的,垂头丧气,下垂
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
brood·i·er, brood·i·est.
- : moody; gloomy.
- : inclined to sit on eggs: a broody hen.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
When she finally got broody she was given seventeen eggs and allowed to settle down to the task of incubating Christmas dinners.
A broody blackbird 'chinked' anxiously, and a pigeon wheeled aside with a 'swoof.'
The chickens may be saved either by removing them to other broody hens or by putting them in a flannel wrapping in a warm place.
Because the broody hen makes a clucking noise, she is sometimes called a clucking hen.
There is no way of forcing or inducing hens to become broody before they would do so of their own accord.
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