A brooch is a piece of jewellery you pin onto your clothes, usually near the neck or on a jacket or dress. Most of the time it is women who wear one, though actually men wear them too — on a coat, or with some kinds of traditional dress.

A brooch胸針 is是 a piece of jewellery一種飾品 you pin onto your clothes你別在衣服上 usually near the neck通常在脖子附近 or on a jacket or dress或是外套、洋裝上 Most of the time大部分時候 it is women who wear one戴的是女性 though actually不過其實 men wear them too男性也會戴 on a coat在大衣上 or with some kinds of traditional dress或搭配某些傳統服飾

It is not a necklace and it is not a ring. It sits on the cloth and holds on with a pin at the back.

It is not a necklace它不是項鍊 and而且 it is not a ring也不是戒指 It sits on the cloth它附著在布料上 and holds on並固定住 with a pin at the back靠的是背面的一根別針

Some brooches are small and pretty for every day; some are big and you wear them for a special day.

Some brooches有些胸針 are small and pretty小巧精緻 for every day適合平常戴 some are big有些則很大 and you wear them for a special day是特別的日子才戴的

The word is an old variant of broach, which once named a pointed pin; the jewellery spelling went one way, and broach kept other jobs in the language (a tool, or “to raise a subject”).

The word這個字 is是 an old variant of broach broach這個舊拼法的變體 which once named a pointed pin broach原本指的是一根尖頭的針 the jewellery spelling珠寶這個拼法 went one way走向了brooch這條路 and而 broach kept other jobs in the language broach則保留了語言裡的其他用法 a tool像是工具 or "to raise a subject"或是「提出話題」