broody
adj. (女人)想要孩子的；孵卵的；郁闷沉思的
比较级：broodier 最高级：broodiest 名词：broodiness
近义词：pensive，sullen，thoughtful，moody，glum，gloomy，maternal，motherly，tender，caring，sitter，ruminative，reflective，pondering，broodyhen，meditative，broodhen，musing，settinghen，brooding，contemplative，
英英释义
Noun
- a domestic hen ready to brood
Adjective
- physiologically ready to incubate eggs;
"a broody hen"
- deeply or seriously thoughtful;
"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"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- Over 30% hens presented typical broodiness, and the duration of each broody cycle was about 29 days.超过30%25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。