brooch

Related topics: Jewellery

brooch /brəʊtʃ $ broʊtʃ/ noun [countableC] → broach

DCJa piece of jewellery that you fasten to your clothes, usually worn by women 胸针，饰针 SYN American English pin →4 See picture of 见图 JEWELLERY

Examples from the Corpus

brooch• Everybody tried to take something - a scrap of clothing, a lock of hair, a false eyelash, a brooch.• Graham was splendidly attired in full Highland dress, complete with plaid and cairngorm brooch.• Mrs or Mme Wyatt wore patent-leather shoes and a smart brownish suit with a gold brooch.• A slightly larger percentage of pairs of brooches were more abraded on the top right than the top left corner.• Some wore cloaks clasped at the neck with huge ornamental brooches.• He decided not to mention the brooch.• After some reflection she removed the brooch, but retained the small, black stud ear-rings.• This may indicate that the brooches were consistently worn in a particular position, but not in the same way.

Origin brooch

(1200-1300) Old French broche “pointed tool, pin”, from Vulgar Latin brocca, from Latin broccus “sticking out”

词汇	brooch
释义	brooch Related topics: Jewellery brooch /brəʊtʃ $ broʊtʃ/ noun [countableC] → broach DCJa piece of jewellery that you fasten to your clothes, usually worn by women 胸针，饰针 SYN American English pin →4 See picture of 见图 JEWELLERY Examples from the Corpus brooch• Everybody tried to take something - a scrap of clothing, a lock of hair, a false eyelash, a brooch.• Graham was splendidly attired in full Highland dress, complete with plaid and cairngorm brooch.• Mrs or Mme Wyatt wore patent-leather shoes and a smart brownish suit with a gold brooch.• A slightly larger percentage of pairs of brooches were more abraded on the top right than the top left corner.• Some wore cloaks clasped at the neck with huge ornamental brooches.• He decided not to mention the brooch.• After some reflection she removed the brooch, but retained the small, black stud ear-rings.• This may indicate that the brooches were consistently worn in a particular position, but not in the same way. Origin brooch (1200-1300) Old French broche “pointed tool, pin”, from Vulgar Latin brocca, from Latin broccus “sticking out”
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