柯林斯詞典broach /br??t?/ (broaching,broached,broaches) 1. V-T When you broach a subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it. 提出 Eventually I broached the subject of her early life. 最後我提出她早年生活的話題。2. V to cause (a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously or (of a sailing vessel) to swerve sharply and dangerously in a following sea, so as to be broadside to the waves 使(帆船)突然劇烈轉(zhuǎn)曏[nautical] 3. N a long tapered toothed cutting tool for enlarging holes 擴(kuò)孔機(jī) 返回 broach劍橋詞典 broach verb [T] (BEGIN) to begin a discussion of something difficult 開(kāi)始討論；提出（難題等） At some point we've got to discuss money but I don't know how to broach the subject with him. 我們最終必須談到錢(qián)，但我不知道如何曏他提這個(gè)問(wèn)題。 broach verb [T] (OPEN) formal to open a bottle or barrel in order to drink its contents （爲(wèi)飲用）開(kāi)啓（酒瓶、酒桶等） Shall we broach another cask of wine ? 我再開(kāi)桶葡萄酒喝好嗎？ 返回 broach