brooding

英 [ˈbruːdɪŋ]

美 [ˈbruːdɪŋ]

adj. 幽怨的; 忧思的; 森然的; 险恶的
v. 焦虑，忧思(使人厌烦、担忧或不安的事); 孵(蛋)
brood的现在分词

现在分词：brooding　复数：broodings　

Collins.1 / BNC.12439 / COCA.13311

牛津词典

adj.

ADJ-GRADED （气氛或感情）压抑的，令人不安的
Broodingis used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
1. 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 isbrooding, they look as if they are thinking deeply and seriously about something, especially something that is making them unhappy.
1. 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。

noun

persistent morbid meditation on a problem
Synonym:pensiveness
sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
Synonym:incubation

adj

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:broodycontemplativemeditativemusingpensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

Males and females take turns brooding the eggs.
雄鸟和雌鸟轮流孵蛋。
He's mysterious, brooding and a movie star.
他是神秘的，深邃的，他是个电影明星。
The second of a series of8 poses, this shot shows the swollen brooding pouch very clearly.
这是一系列八张照片中的第二张。照片中，它肿胀的孵卵袋是非常明显的。
He was fascinated by her physiognomy — the prominent nose, brooding eyes and thick hair.
他被她的外表——高挺的鼻梁、深邃的双眸和浓密的秀发——迷住了。
I finally stayed where I was, brooding.
最后还是哪儿也没去，陷入了沉思。
More than ever of late his silence, his brooding had increased.
这一阵他比往常更来得沉默寡言，心事重重。
A hot, dry thermal sat there like a brooding hen.
干热低压槽犹如抱窝的母鸡赖着不走。
I sat at home brooding, nursing bodily and spiritual hunger.
我沮丧地坐在家里，挨着肌体上的和精神上的饥饿。
This brooding warmth across my breast.
沉思的暖意穿过我的胸脊。
He had taken that brooding, hairy monkey into his heart.
他竟把那么一只闷忧忧，毛茸茸的猴子引为知己。