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broody

['bruːdɪ]

прил.

  1. сидящий на яйцах, высиживающий

  2. задумчивый, погружённый в раздумье; молчаливый

  3. разг. в положении, ждущая ребёнка

Examples from texts

Alderyk, who had turned broody and ill-tempered as a falcon in moult, was as impatient as the Islanders.
Элдерик, ставший угрюмым и раздражительным, как зверь во время линьки, был также нетерпелив как и островитяне.
Brackett, Leigh / Reavers of SkaithБрэкетт, Ли / Грабители Скэйта
Грабители Скэйта
Брэкетт, Ли
Reavers of Skaith
Brackett, Leigh
© 1976 by Leigh Brackett

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'bruːdɪAdjectiveсидящий на яйцах; высиживающийExamples

a broody hen — курица-наседка

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Collocations

broody hen
клуша
broody / sitting hen
наседка

Word forms

broody

noun
SingularPlural
Common casebroodybroodies
Possessive casebroody'sbroodies'

broody

adjective
Positive degreebroody
Comparative degreebroodier
Superlative degreebroodiest