"broody" بـChinese (Traditional)

沈思的鬱鬱寡歡的抱窩的（母雞）

التعريف

形容人安靜且沈思，常給人憂鬱的感覺。用於動物，特別是母雞，指想抱窩孵蛋。

用在人時較常出現在文學或描述中，日常口語較少見。形容雞時是專用術語。偶爾用於形容有生小孩的渴望，但主要還是指安靜沉思的人。不要跟'moody'（情緒多變）搞混。

She looked broody as she stared out the window.

她望著窗外時，看起來很**沈思**。

The hen is broody and refuses to leave her eggs.

母雞正在**抱窩**，不肯離開牠的蛋。

He became broody after reading the old letters.

他讀了那些舊信後變得很**鬱鬱寡歡**。

He's been acting really broody lately, just sitting quietly and thinking.

他最近顯得很**沈思**，總是靜靜地發呆。

Some women feel broody when they see babies.

有些女性看到嬰兒會很**想要小孩**。

The farmer separated the broody hen from the others to let her hatch the eggs.

農夫把那隻**抱窩**的母雞和其他雞隔開，讓牠孵蛋。