brood

1. N-COUNT A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother. 一窝幼雏

...a hungry brood of fledglings. …一窝饥饿的雏鸟。

2. N-COUNT You can refer to someone's young children as their brood when you want to emphasize that there are a lot of them. 一家子[强调]

...a large brood of children. …一大家子小孩。

3. V-I If someone broods over something, they think about it a lot, seriously and often unhappily. 担忧

She constantly broods about her family. 她一直在为她的家人担忧。