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branch

英 [brɑːntʃ]

美 [bræntʃ]

n.  树枝; 分支; 分部; 分行; 分店; 政府部门; 分支机构
v.  分开; 分岔

复数:branches 现在分词:branching 过去式:branched 第三人称单数:branches 过去分词:branched 

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同义词辨析

branchlimbprong【导航词义:枝;分支】

branchn. 树枝,分枝;分支
〔辨析〕
通常指树的枝条,常用于引申意义,表示组织、学科、河流、道路等的分支。
〔例证〕
branches of a river/party/tree
河的支流/党的支部/树的分枝
The bank has branches all over the country.
该银行在全国各地都有分行。
limbn. 树枝;肢,臂
〔辨析〕
指大的树枝或人、动物的肢体。
〔例证〕
four limbs of a person
人的四肢
A limb was sawed off from a tree.
树上的一根大枝条被锯了下来。
prongn. 叉子齿;方面,部分
〔辨析〕
尤指叉子等的尖头;也指攻击、论点等的某一方面。
〔例证〕
a prong of the garden fork
园艺叉子的一个齿尖
a two-prong attack
两面夹击
the third prong of the strategy
该策略的第三部分

短语动词

branch off
1. 分叉;分岔;(在某处)改变方向  

branch out
1. 扩大范围;拓展领域  

短语用例

    branch off

    • 分岔
      to be joined to another road or river but lead in a different direction
      1. 改道;转道
        to leave a road or path and travel in a different direction

        branch out (into sth)

        • 涉足(新工作);拓展(新业务)
          to start to do an activity that you have not done before, especially in your work or business
          1. The bank has branches all over the country.
            那家银行在全国各地设有分行。
          2. Our New York branch is dealing with the matter.
            我们的纽约分部正在处理这件事。

        习惯用语

          n.

            root and branch
          • 完全彻底
            thoroughly and completely
          • The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.
            政府着手完全彻底地摧毁这个组织。
          • root-and-branch reforms
            全面彻底的改革

          牛津词典

            noun

              树 of tree
            • 树枝
              a part of a tree that grows out from the main stem and on which leaves, flowers and fruit grow
              1. 公司 of company
              2. 分支;分部;分行;分店
                a local office or shop/store belonging to a large company or organization
                1. The bank has branches all over the country.
                  那家银行在全国各地设有分行。
                2. Our New York branch is dealing with the matter.
                  我们的纽约分部正在处理这件事。
              3. 政府 of government
              4. 政府部门;分支机构
                a part of a government or other large organization that deals with one particular aspect of its work
                1. the anti-terrorist branch
                  反恐部门
              5. 知识 of knowledge
              6. (学科及语言的)分支
                a division of an area of knowledge or a group of languages
                1. the branch of computer science known as ‘artificial intelligence’
                  计算机科学中的所谓“人工智能”分科
              7. 河;路 of river/road
              8. 支流;支路;支线
                a smaller or less important part of a river, road, railway/railroad, etc. that leads away from the main part
                1. a branch of the Rhine
                  莱茵河的支流
                2. a branch line (= a small line off a main railway line, often in country areas)
                  铁路支线
              9. 家庭 of family
              10. 家族分支
                a group of members of a family who all have the same ancestors
                1. My uncle's branch of the family emigrated to Canada.
                  我们家族中我叔父的这一支移居到了加拿大。

              verb

              • 分开;分岔
                to divide into two or more parts, especially smaller or less important parts
                1. The accident happened where the road branches.
                  事故发生在岔道处。

              柯林斯词典

              • 树枝
                Thebranchesof a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
                1. N-COUNT (企业或组织的)分支机构,分部,分店
                  Abranch ofa business or other organization is one of the offices, shops, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places.
                  1. The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts...
                    美国银行在当地的分行正在处理这些账目。
                  2. National is Britain's leading autocare service with over 400 branches nationwide.
                    英国轮胎与车辆养护公司是英国最有名的汽车养护企业,在全英国有400多家分店。
                2. N-COUNT (政府或公安机关等的)部门,机构
                  Abranch ofan organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function.
                  1. Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government...
                    参议院的雇员可以向别的政府部门申诉工作问题。
                  2. He had a fascination for submarines and joined this branch of the service.
                    他对潜艇非常着迷,因此加入了潜艇部队。
                  3. ...the Metropolitan Police Special Branch.
                    市公安局特别行动处
                3. N-COUNT (某学科的)分支,分科
                  Abranch ofa subject is a part or type of it.
                  1. Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.
                    各自然科学学科可能都得不到任何拨款。
                  2. Oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors.
                    肿瘤学是研究肿瘤的医学分支。
                4. N-COUNT (家族的)分支,支系,旁系
                  Abranch ofyour family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person.
                  1. This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.
                    这是罗斯福家族的一个支系。

                英英释义

                noun

                • any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
                  1. the arm of the record player
                  2. an arm of the sea
                  3. a branch of the sewer
                  Synonym:armlimb
                • a division of some larger or more complex organization
                  1. a branch of Congress
                  2. botany is a branch of biology
                  3. the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
                  Synonym:subdivisionarm
                • a stream or river connected to a larger one
                  1. a natural consequence of development
                      Synonym:outgrowthoffshootoffset
                    1. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
                      1. a part of a forked or branching shape
                        1. he broke off one of the branches
                        Synonym:legramification

                      verb

                      • divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
                        1. The road forks
                        Synonym:ramifyforkfurcateseparate
                      • grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
                        1. these plants ramify early and get to be very large
                        Synonym:ramify

                      双语例句

                      • Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government
                        参议院的雇员可以向别的政府部门申诉工作问题。
                      • He hammered the nail into the branch.
                        他把钉子钉到了树枝上。
                      • Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.
                        各自然科学学科可能都得不到任何拨款。
                      • These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch.
                        这些巢每年都在变大,最终可能会把树枝压弯。
                      • This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.
                        这是罗斯福家族的一个支系。
                      • He had a fascination for submarines and joined this branch of the service.
                        他对潜艇非常着迷,因此加入了潜艇部队。
                      • A thrush alighted on a branch of the pine tree.
                        一只鸫落在松树的树枝上。
                      • A snake winds round a branch.
                        一条蛇缠绕在树枝上。
                      • Coincident with the talks, the bank was permitted to open a New York branch.
                        会谈的同时,该银行已获准在纽约开设分行。
                      • A report compiled by the Fed's Philadelphia branch described the economy as weak.
                        一份由联邦储备银行的费城分部汇编的报告说经济不景气。