abroach [
ə'brotʃ]
- Hogsheads of ale were set abroach in the streets.
大桶的卖酒在街上被开封了。 - Hogsheads of ale and claret were set abroach in the streets to celebrate the victory.
大桶大桶地淡色啤酒和红葡萄酒被流到街上,以庆贺胜利。 - MONTAGUE: Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach? Speak, nephew, were you by when it began?
蒙太古:这一场宿怨是谁又重新煽风点火?侄儿,对我说,他们动手的时候,你也在场吗?
abroach[ adj ]
of a cask or barrel
<adj.all>
the cask was set abroach
Abroach \A*broach"\, v. t. [OE. abrochen, OF. abrochier. See
{Broach}.]
To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
Abroach \A*broach"\, adv. [Pref. a- + broach.]
1. Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding
liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot;
astir. ``Mischiefs that I set abroach.'' --Shak.