broods

v.
常用释义
n.一窝(雏鸟、幼兽等):指一次孵化出的一群雏鸟或幼兽。
v.
1. 孵(蛋):指鸟类用体温孵化蛋。
2. 沉思,忧虑:长时间地思考或担忧某事。

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三窝
每巢约6-7个蛋,一年最多三窝(broods)。雌雄成鸟所繁殖的第一窝亚成鸟长大后,不会马上离群,协助照顾下一窝雏鸟,和人 …

例句

Her tranquillity was like the sullen calm that broods over an island which had been swept by a hurricane.

她的安详沉默就像笼罩着暴风雨袭击后的岛屿上的凄清宁静。

The waiting David is faintly visible in a distant tower. The peacock of pride broods in a corner of her room.

等待她去赴约的大卫王在远处城堡上隐隐可见,象征骄傲的孔雀在她房间的角落。

Some insects produce seven or eight broods a year.

有些昆虫一年产七八次卵。

The earth is parched and cracked. Men and women come together like broods of vultures over a stinking carcass, to mate and fly apart again.

地球烤焦了,破裂了,男男女女像一窝兀鹰围着一具发臭的尸体一样汇集在一起,交配,然后飞往各处。

So, for that matter, are the summer broods of water fleas.

就这点而来,夏季孵化的水蚤也是亚有性的。

For the island is rich with historic associations and over it broods always the enigmatic memory of Tiberius the Emperor~.

岛上尽是能够勾起你联想的历史遗迹,总叫你想到提比略大帝的神秘故事。

Resident insects have also thrived as a dry spring enabled them to produce several large broods.

本地昆虫大量繁殖的另一个原因是今年春天气候很干燥,这有助于它们产几窝大量的卵。

Second broods for this splendid butterfly are fairly common in southern Europe, but extremely rare in the UK. ''

它们的二度繁殖在欧洲南部很常见,但在英国却少之又少。

但就跟生活中一样,美国人最不愿意与子女众多的名人家庭做邻居。

When you get an audience that hip, ' he broods, briefly, 'and even when they're not, the feedback, the warmth.

当你有那样的观众时,就算他们不那么做,你也能感受到他们的回应,他们的温暖。

He hunted, too, for deep-boring grubs under the bark of the trees, and robbed the wasps of their new broods.

他也捕猎,在树干下挖掘藏在很深地里的蛴螬,从马蜂窝里抢出幼卵。

As the other two sleep, Valeera broods about being betrayed by Garithos, siding with Illidan, and being magic-addicted since birth.

在其他两个人睡觉的时候,瓦蕾拉述说起了迦里索斯的背叛,与伊利丹结盟,以及出生就是魔法瘾君子。

Apparently, what happened in Tibet recently is a history subdued in the tranquility of the hills upon which the Chinese military broods .

很明显,最近在西藏发生的事情,是一段被中国军队镇压的历史(原文更表达更文学)。

Unhappy he, who, on the brink of misfortune, broods over ideas like these!

真是不幸,处于痛苦中的他竟又有了这种念头!

意识在这种状态下就会失去所有更高的异像——它只会对‘女人和金钱’念念不忘。

but its puerile language does it injustice, because it broods at a much deeper level than language or even thought.

然而用单纯得语言来概括它却又并不公正,因为比起语言,甚至思想,它都在更高的层面上。

这次那只母鸡孵十二个蛋。

这次母鸡孵十个蛋

However, we do have several breeding pairs that give 4-6 broods per year.

但是,我们让几对繁殖的鱼每年繁殖4-6窝。

The intense silence that broods over the snow-bound land is a conscious blessing from the nature.

白雪覆盖着的大地显得分外寂静,这是一份来自大自然的祝福。

常用短语

brood over
brood over - 计较(尤指忿恨不满);郁闷地沉思
brood on
brood on - 念念不忘, 计较(特指忿恨不满)
brood pouch
brood pouch - 育仔囊;育儿袋
adj.+n.