brood
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. 一窝幼雏
...a hungry brood of fledglings. …一窝饥饿的雏鸟。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to someone's young children as their brood when you want to emphasize that there are a lot of them. 一家子[强调]
...a large brood of children. …一大家子小孩。
3. V-I If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily. 担忧
She constantly broods about her family. 她一直在为她的家人担忧。
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