brooch
noun /brəʊtʃ/
/brəʊtʃ/, /bruːtʃ/
(especially British English) (North American English usually pin)
- enlarge imagea piece of jewellery with a pin on the back of it, that can be fastened to your clothes
饰针；胸针；领针 - She pinned a large amethyst brooch to her lapel.
她在翻领上别了一枚大大的紫水晶饰针。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cameo
- diamond
- pearl
- …
- have on
- wear
- pin
- …
词源Middle English: variant of broach, a noun originally meaning ‘skewer, bodkin’, from Old French broche ‘spit for roasting’, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’. Compare with broach. - She pinned a large amethyst brooch to her lapel.
