broody hen
常见例句
- Now the foreign goose - egg was set under the broody hen and in due time a wonderful gosling hatched out.
那只外国鹅蛋被放到了抱窝母鸡的肚皮下。时间一到，一只漂亮的小鹅被孵出来。 - Another of the accused, a coarse woman, not unlike a fat broody hen but with a spiteful tongue, was visibly worked up.
另一个被告，一个粗野的女人，与喜好伏窝的母鸡没有什么不同，但却长着一个恶毒的舌头，显而易见被激怒了。 - To the broody hen, the notion would probably seem monstrous that there should be a creature in the world to whom a nestful of eggs was not utterly fascinating and precious and never to be too-much-sat-upon object which it is to her.
对母鸡来说，这个概念可能看起来荒谬,世界上有一种生物,对一窝鸡蛋,着迷，觉得弥足珍贵,对她而言，永远不觉得,孵蛋时间太长。
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