the feeling of wanting to have a baby or a child

It always brings on an attack of broodiness when I see my sister and her children. 每当我看到我的姐姐和她的孩子时，总是会有抱窝性来袭。

Broodiness is not confined to women. 抱窝性并不局限于女性。

the quality in a hen of being ready to produce eggs and sit on them

These docile hens exhibit broodiness - a tendency toward hatching eggs. 这些温顺的母鸡表现出抱窝性——有孵化鸡蛋的倾向。

a quality of always thinking about things that make you unhappy

The film is faithful to the dark teenage broodiness of the original book. 这部电影忠实地再现了原著中黑暗青少年时期的郁郁寡欢。