Broach



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.开瓶; 钻洞; 提出 ( 题目)
• ［英］ v. 提出 ( 题目) ( to start a discussion; bring up)
• ［类］ 反义词: close off ( 关闭)
• ［记］ 比较:breach ( 缺口) , 开瓶时造成一缺口 ( make a breach while broaching)
• ［同］ 近形词: breach ( 缺口) , cockroach ( 蟑螂)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English broche, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, from Latin, feminine of broccus projecting
• Date: 13th century
• 1. brooch
• 2. any of various pointed or tapered tools, implements, or parts: as
  • a. a spit for roasting meat
  • b. a tool for tapping casks
  • c. a cutting tool for removing material from metal or plastic to shape an outside surface or a hole

II. verb

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to pierce (as a cask) in order to draw the contents; also to open for the first time
    • b. to open up or break into (as a mine or stores)
  • 2. to shape or enlarge (a hole) with a broach
  • 3.
    • a. to make known for the first time
    • b. to open up (a subject) for discussion
• intransitive verb
  • to break the surface from below
• Synonyms: see express
• ? broacher noun

III. intransitive verb

• Etymology: perhaps from ［sup］2［/sup］broach
• Date: 1705
• to veer or yaw dangerously so as to lie broadside to the waves — often used with to

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