柯林斯詞典broody /?bru?d?/ 1. ADJ You say that someone is broody when they are thinking a lot about something in an unhappy way. 悶悶不樂(lè)的 He became very withdrawn and broody. 他變得離群索居鬱鬱寡歡。2. ADJ A broody hen is ready to lay or sit on eggs. 要下蛋的; 要孵蛋的 返回 broody劍橋詞典 broody adjective (WANTING YOUNG) If a hen (= female chicken ) is broody, she is ready to produce eggs and sit on them. （母雞）要抱窩的，要孵卵的 broody adjective (WANTING CHILDREN) informal If someone, especially a woman, is broody, she feels as if she would like to have a baby . （尤指女子）想生孩子的 Much to her surprise , Ruth started feeling broody in her late twenties . 令她意想不到的是，露絲二十八九嵗時(shí)開始想要個(gè)孩子。 broody adjective (WORRIED) always thinking unhappy thoughts 悶悶不樂(lè)的；想不開的；鬱鬱寡歡的 返回 broody