1640s, "hovering, overhanging" (as a mother bird does her nest), from present participle of brood (v.); meaning "that dwells moodily" first attested 1818 (in "Frankenstein").
brooding (n.)
"action of incubating," c. 1400, verbal noun from brood (v.). Figuratively (of weather, etc.) from 1805; of mental fixations by 1873. Related: Broodingly.
雙語例句
1. She kissed him and gazed into his dark, brooding eyes.
她吻了吻他，久久凝視著他烏黑憂郁的雙眼。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Males and females take turns brooding the eggs.
雄鳥和雌鳥輪流孵蛋。
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3. The same heavy, brooding silence descended on them.
他們也感覺到了同樣沉重壓抑的寂靜。
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4. You're not still brooding over what he said, are you?