| 单词 | broach |
| 释义 | broach —broacher, n. /brohch/, n. 1. Mach. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes. 2. a spit for roasting meat. 3. a gimlet for tapping casks. 4. (in a lock) a pin receiving the barrel of a key. 5. Also, broach spire. Archit. an octagonal spire rising directly from a tower without any intervening feature. 6. Masonry. a pointed tool for the rough dressing of stone. 7. brooch. v.t. 8. to enlarge and finish with a broach. 9. to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject. 10. to draw (beer, liquor, etc.), as by tapping: to broach beer from a keg. 11. to tap or pierce. 12. Masonry. to shape or dress (a block of stone). v.i. 13. Naut. (of a sailing vessel) to veer to windward. 14. to break the surface of water; rise from the sea, as a fish or a submarine. [1175-1225; (n.) ME broche < AF, OF < VL *brocca spike, horn, tap of a cask (ML broca), n. use of fem. of L adj. brocc(h)us projecting (said of teeth); (v.) ME brochen < OF broch(i)er, deriv. of the n.] Syn. 8. introduce, propose, bring up, submit, advance. |
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