broach
broach1
verb
[with obj.]
broach2
(Nautical)(航海)
verb
verb
[with obj.]
- raise (a sensitive or difficult subject) for discussion
提出；引入（敏感话题，难题）
he broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening.
他提出了整晚都在回避的那个话题。 - pierce (a cask) to draw liquor
（在酒桶上）钻孔汲取
■open and start using the contents of (a bottle or other container)
开（瓶或其他容器），开始饮用 - [no obj.](of a fish or sea mammal) rise through the water and break the surface
（鱼，海里的哺乳动物）跃出水面
the salmon broach, then fall to slap the water.
大马哈鱼跃出水面，然后又“啪”的一声落回水里。
- Middle English : from Old French brochier, based on Latin brocchus, broccus 'projecting'. The earliest recorded sense was 'prick with spurs', generally 'pierce with something sharp', which gave rise (late Middle English ) to sense 2 Sense 1, a figurative use of this, dates from the late 16th cent
broach2
(Nautical)(航海)
verb
- [no obj.](of a ship) veer and pitch forward, presenting a side to the wind and waves and losing steerage control
（船）突然横转
we had broached badly, side on to the wind and sea.
我们突然横转失控，整个侧面迎向风浪。
- a sudden and unwelcome veering of a ship having such consequences
突然横转
- early 18th cent.: of unknown origin
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