brood

Suy nghĩ buồn bã, lo lắng

to think about sad or worrying things for a long time, often in silence

• brood on something

Collocations brood over a problem · brood about a mistake

• She spends hours brooding over her problems.

  Cô ấy dành hàng giờ để suy nghĩ về những vấn đề của mình.

Cắm mình孵卵 (not a common Vietnamese term, so kept in English for accuracy)

to sit on eggs to keep them warm and help the baby birds or animals develop inside them until they are ready to hatch

• brood on eggs

Collocations a hen broods over her eggs · the bird is brooding its eggs

• The mother hen is brooding over her eggs.

  Con gà mẹ đang ấp trứng của mình.

Bầy chim / Bầy gà

a group of birds, especially hens and their young chicks

Collocations a brood of chickens

• A brood of chicks hatched from the eggs.

  Một bầy gà con đã nở từ những quả trứng.