| 单词 | broody hen |
| 例句 | “Whatever, Ms. Gifted-in-Everything. I’m going to check it out. Are you coming with, or are you going back to cower with the rest of the broody hens?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She marches them into church, like a broody hen with her chicks. Tinned pineapple in the Pacific Islands 2013-08-25T23:09:53Z Have a steady broody hen ready to take the eggs. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z This was a hutch in which she put broody hens when she wished to break up their desire to set. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z Next morning she went to the barn to feed a broody hen that was sitting there on some very particular eggs that she had bought specially, and to her horror she found them all gone! The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story Once the mind of the old squaw had laid an opinion, she would sit on it like a broody hen, till it went addled in her head. Dusty Star "Sit thee there as steady as a broody hen; and now let's mak' shift," said the blacksmith. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The broody hens may be placed on their eggs in any quiet place, as they are patient, constant sitters, and will not leave their eggs wherever they may be put. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z If we start with eggs, we shall have to buy or rent some broody hens to put on the eggs. Outdoor Sports and Games "Exchange Fawn Costume, slight figure, good condition, for two broody hens." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917 “The boy ’s as tetchy in temper as a broody hen. Children of the Mist There was a khaki tent in the midst of it, and he led me towards this with the air of a broody hen anticipating the number of her chickens. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917 From that moment he plucked out every personal thought of Jacqueline from his heart: and, like a broody hen hatching her eggs, he hatched the romance of the young lovers. Jean-Christophe Journey's End When we move a broody hen we must be sure that she will stay on her new nest before we give her any eggs. Outdoor Sports and Games |
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