brooding是什么意思？

brooding

英[ˈbru:dɪŋ]

• n. 孵卵；
• adj. 郁闷的，沉思的，徘徊不去的；
• v. 孵蛋(brood的现在分词)，沉思；

例句

• He was then brooding what to do. 他当时正沉思要做什么。
• The hen is brooding her eggs. 母鸡正在孵小鸡。
• Extroverts prefer lively conversation to brooding on the meaning of life. 性格外向的人喜欢高谈阔论,而不愿思索人生的意义.
• Again he resorted to the Bowery lodging - house, brooding over where to look. 他又回到波威里街的寄宿处, 盘算着去哪里申请救济.
• She kissed him and gazed into his dark, brooding eyes. 她吻了吻他，久久凝视着他乌黑忧郁的双眼。
• The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them. 他们也感觉到了同样沉重压抑的寂静。
• Males and females take turns brooding the eggs. 雄鸟和雌鸟轮流孵蛋。
• ...a life-size bronze figure of a brooding, hooded woman. 一个戴着兜帽作沉思状的真人大小青铜女子雕像

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  （气氛或感情）压抑的，令人不安的
  Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
  例句
  The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them. 他们也感觉到了同样沉重压抑的寂静。
• ADJ-GRADED
  （尤指对令人不快的事物）沉思的，苦苦思索的
  If someone's expression or appearance is brooding, they look as if they are thinking deeply and seriously about something, especially something that is making them unhappy.
  例句
  She kissed him and gazed into his dark, brooding eyes. 她吻了吻他，久久凝视着他乌黑忧郁的双眼。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
  2. persistent morbid meditation on a problem
• Adjective
  1. persistently or morbidly thoughtful