Broach

[brəʊtʃ] or [brotʃ]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) bring up a topic for discussion.

卡莱尔編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A spit.

(n.) An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.

(n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper.

(n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift.

(n.) A broad chisel for stonecutting.

(n.) A spire rising from a tower.

(n.) A clasp for fastening a garment. See Brooch.

(n.) A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag.

(n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.

(n.) The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.

(n.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit.

(n.) To tap; to pierce, as a cask, in order to draw the liquor. Hence: To let out; to shed, as blood.

(n.) To open for the first time, as stores.

(n.) To make public; to utter; to publish first; to put forth; to introduce as a topic of conversation.

(n.) To cause to begin or break out.

(n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool.

(n.) To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach.

編輯:朱尔斯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Pierce, tap.[2]. Utter, publish, proclaim, give out.

整理:罗莎

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Moot, start, launch, originate, suggest, exhibit, propound

ANT:Reserve, secrete, seal, repress, cork, bottle

校對:琳达

解釋/意思:

n. a tapering pointed instrument used chiefly for boring: a spit: a church spire.—v.t. to pierce as a cask to tap: to open up or begin: to utter.—n. Broach′er a broach or spit: one who broaches or utters.—To broach the admiral to steal some liquor from a cask while being carried by rail or otherwise or when in store; To broach to to turn a ship to windward.

編輯:利瓦伊