broached是什么意思？

broached

• v. 谈起( broach的过去式和过去分词 )，打开并开始用，用凿子扩大（或修光），（在桶上）钻孔取液体；

例句

• Have you broached the subject of the money he owes us? 你谈没谈起他欠我们钱的事？
• He broached the subject to the stranger. 他对陌生人提起那话题.
• She broached the subject of a picnic to her mother. 她向母亲提起野餐的问题.
• Eventually I broached the subject of her early life. 最后我提到了关于她的早年生活的话题。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  提出，引入（尤指敏感话题）
  When you broach a subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.
  例句
  Eventually I broached the subject of her early life. 最后我提到了关于她的早年生活的话题。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. of a cask or barrel;
  "the cask was set abroach"