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brood

C2 verb
us /bɹud/

brood /bɹʉwd/ nghĩa là ấp

Các nghĩa

  1. ấp

    To keep an egg warm to make it hatch.

    transitive

    In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs.

  2. ấp ủ, nuôi dưỡng

    To protect (something that is gradually maturing); to foster.

    transitive

    Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.

  3. nghiền ngẫm, trăn trở

    (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon one's thoughts moodily and at length, mainly alone.

    intransitive

    He sat brooding over the upcoming battle, fearing the outcome.

    As when with downcast eyes we muse and brood

    Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit.

  4. được ấp, được nuôi dưỡng

    To be bred.

    intransitive

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