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broody ADJ

1. broody:

broody

(要)抱窝的 bàowōde

2. broody:

broody

忧郁的 yōuyùde

broody

沮丧的 jǔsàngde

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When broody, hens often temporarily cease eating or reduce their feed consumption. en.wikipedia.org

You can debate whether they have periods, or are broody, and whether our biology is influenced by external factors. www.telegraph.co.uk

Many domestic hens will also do thisand are then said to go broody. en.wikipedia.org

Playing someone who was pregnant did make me a bit broody. en.wikipedia.org

It has been a custom on farms for centuries to put duck eggs under broody hens for hatching; nowadays incubators are often used. en.wikipedia.org

If not, then handsomely broody men have, purely coincidentally, just happened to be around to decorate episodes of my mental illness. theconversation.com

Hens rarely go broody and chicks usually have high mortality rates. en.wikipedia.org

He has an acerbic wit and is broody but with good reason. www.denofgeek.com

The song starts in a strong and broody mood and builds up to a crescendo of strings and guitar at the end. en.wikipedia.org

Seeing her little bridesmaids playing around on ponies... did it make her, well, broody? www.telegraph.co.uk

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