brood
n [C, Gp]
1 all the young birds or other animals produced at one hatching or birth (一窝孵出的)幼鸟; (一次产出的)动物
a hen and her brood (of chicks) 母鸡和它的一窝小鸡.
2 (joc 谑) family of children 一家的孩子
There´s Mrs O´Brien taking her brood for a walk. 奥布赖恩太太领著她那群孩子散步呢. brood, v
1 [I] (of a bird) sit on eggs to hatch them (指鸟)孵雏.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (on/over sth) think (about sth) for a long time in a troubled or resentful way 忧闷地沉思(某事物)
When he´s depressed he sits brooding for hours. 他消沉的时候, 就坐著沉思几小时.
It doesn´t help to brood on your mistakes. 对所犯的错误耿耿於怀是无济於事的.