[brɑ:ntʃ]
branch
n. 分枝,树枝
v. 分枝
vi. 分支

词形变化:

形容词:branchless 动词过去式:branched 过去分词:branched 现在分词:branching 第三人称单数:branches

例句与用法:

  1. She's leaving the company to branch out on her own.
    她打算脱离这家公司,自己开业。
  2. Gynaecology is a branch of medicine.
    妇科学是医学的一个分科。
  3. The road to the village branches off on the right.
    通往该村的道路向右转为一条小路。
  4. Follow the main road until it branches, and then turn to the right.
    顺着这条大路走,在路的分岔口向右拐。
  5. Mr. Smith works in an executive branch of the government.
    史密斯先生在政府的行政部门工作。

英英解释:

名词 branch:

  1. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization
  2. 同义词:subdivision, arm
  3. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
  4. a part of a forked or branching shape
  5. 同义词:leg, ramification
  6. a natural consequence of development
  7. 同义词:outgrowth, offshoot, offset
  8. a stream or river connected to a larger one
  9. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
  10. 同义词:arm, limb

动词 branch:

  1. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
  2. 同义词:ramify
  3. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
  4. 同义词:ramify, fork, furcate, separate