broody

adj.

1. 急于生孩子的
   wanting very much to have a baby
   1. I reached the age of 27 and suddenly started to feel broody.
      到27岁时，我突然产生了很想要个孩子的念头。
2. 要抱窝的
   wanting to lay eggs and sit on them
   1. a broody hen
      要抱窝的母鸡
3. 闷闷不乐的；郁郁寡欢的
   quiet and thinking about sth because you are unhappy or disappointed

1. ADJ-GRADED 闷闷不乐的；抑郁的
   You say that someone is broody when they are thinking a lot about something in an unhappy way.
   1. He became very withdrawn and broody.
      他变得非常沉默抑郁。
2. 要下蛋的；要孵蛋的
   A broody hen is ready to lay or sit on eggs.
3. 一心想生孩子的
   If you describe a young woman as broody, you mean that she wants to have a baby and she keeps thinking about it.

1. He became very withdrawn and broody.
   他变得非常沉默抑郁。
2. Broody couples might want to throw away any dreams of a boy for him and a girl for her.
   打算生小孩的夫妇也许要舍弃一男一女两个小孩的梦想了。
3. According to research, men are getting broody too.
   调查显示，越来越多的男人急于要小孩。
4. They are becoming the broody ones, they are more likely to want to settle down sooner.
   他们想要孩子，也更想早点稳定下来。
5. Seeing tiny babies always makes me feel broody.
   看见小宝宝总是让我觉得自己也想生一个。
6. Seoul is still awash with broody women and red-blooded males who like competitive business, strong booze and muddy football matches.
   首尔仍充斥着想生许多孩子的女性和喜欢竞争性行业、烈酒和泥泞足球比赛的热血男子。
7. Now she's gone to broody melodrama, as a cop conflicted by love and honor in Ann Hui's new movie Jade Goddess of Mercy.
   现在她又去演郁闷的通俗剧情，在许鞍华的新片《玉观音》里饰演一个饱受爱情与荣誉相互冲突的女警。
8. She will become broody and resentful if you don't treat her right.
   如果你不好好待她，她就会变得郁郁沉思、怨恨不已。
9. So perhaps it was broody Victoria's choice to choose pink toenails for the only other girl in the family.
   给家里唯一“女孩”装饰粉红色指甲是多产的维多利亚的选择。
10. Better a handful of dried figs and content with that, than to own the gate of peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel.
    宁可数着自己手中的几个干无花果傻笑，也不愿意妄想拥有孔雀之门而被骆驼醍瞎眼。
11. Tim plays the role of a broody teenager.
    蒂姆扮演一个抑郁的少年。
12. Now the foreign goose-egg was set under the broody hen and in due time a wonderful gosling hatched out.
    那只外国鹅蛋被放到了抱窝母鸡的肚皮下。时间一到，一只漂亮的小鹅被孵出来。
13. The mean broodiness number of times for the population was 0.43, and mean broody days was 12.3 ( 0~ 96).
    鸡群平均典型就巢次数为0.43次，群体平均就巢时间为12.3天（0～96天）；
14. Over 30% hens presented typical broodiness, and the duration of each broody cycle was about 29 days.
    超过30%的母鸡表现出典型就巢行为，其平均就巢持续时间约为29天。
15. Variation of the plasma "luteinizing hormone" and progesterone concentration during the ovulatory cycle and broody period in hens
    母鸡在排卵周期和抱窝血浆黄体生成素类似物和孕酮的浓度变化
16. These results indicated that active immunization in pigeon was unable to affect development of brooding behaviour and laying performance, rather withdrawal of eggs apparently increased egg production and tarnished broody rate.
    以上结果表明：在家鸽中，主动免疫VIP，对抱窝和产蛋均无影响，但将蛋拿出可明显提高产蛋量，降低抱窝率。
17. Broody Rules& Change Regularity of Reproductive Hormone and Polymorphism of Microsatellite on PRL Gene in Muscovy Ducks
    番鸭就巢、生殖激素变化规律及PRL基因微卫星多态性
18. The concentrations of plasma reproductive hormone were determined during the broody period, in order to show the change regularity of the concentrations of plasma reproductive hormone and the ( relationship) between broody and hormone.
    对番鸭就巢期不同时间的血浆生殖激素水平进行测试，揭示了不同就巢时间血浆生殖激素浓度变化的规律，并对就巢与激素之间的相关性进行分析。

noun

1. a domestic hen ready to brood

   Synonym:    brood henbroody hensetting hensitter

adj

1. deeply or seriously thoughtful
   1. Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man

   Synonym:    broodingcontemplativemeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

2. physiologically ready to incubate eggs
   1. a broody hen