English Dictionary

broach

/bɹəʊtʃ/

verb

(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid. / (transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.

He used a drill to broach a hole in the wall.

意味（1）

(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.

How often has the broached barrel proved not to be for joy and heart effusion, but for duel and head-breakage.

意味（2）

(transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.

French knights at Agincourt were unable to broach the English line.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).

I broached the subject of contraceptives carefully when the teenager mentioned his promiscuity.