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- branch [brænʧ] [brɑːnʧ]
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1.
noun
[botany]
枝，分枝
- Finally the Spring is here; look at how beautiful the trees are with their flowering branches.
- 春天终于来了，看那些满枝芬芳的树木多漂亮啊。
- A tree branch fell yesterday morning, cutting off the traffic flow for three hours.
- 昨天早上，一根树枝掉了下来，阻断交通长达三个小时。
- That branch should be strong enough to hold.
- 那根用做支撑的树干应该足够坚固。
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2.
noun
[American English]
（通常在河口附近的）河流分支；（汇成河流的）支流
- This is probably the smallest of the ten branches of the river.
- 这条河的十支支流中，这可能是最小的一支了。
- Currently you can only sail on one branch of the river.
- 现在你只能在这条河的支流上航行。
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3.
noun
【同义词】branch water
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4.
noun
支脉，支线，枝形物，分叉（如鹿角尖）
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5.
noun
救火软管的喷嘴
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6.
noun
[主要用于美国南部]溪流，小溪，小河，小川
- 7. noun （学科）分科；部门
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8.
noun
支族，旁系
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9.
noun
[linguistics]
（语系中的）语支
- 10. noun （一组织的）支部，分支；分部；分店；分行；分局
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11.
noun
[mathematics]
分枝
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12.
noun
[computer]
转移，分支；转移指令，分支指令
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13.
vi.
分叉；分枝
- The gardener will cut the top of all the trees in the garden to let them branch out more easily.
- 园丁会修剪花园中所有树木的顶部以便让它们的枝干生长得更加茂密。
- Most ornamental plants branch quickly if exposed to sunlight.
- 大多观赏类植物只要日照充足都会生长得很快。
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14.
vi.
（从树干）长出树枝，（树）分枝（from）
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15.
vt.
使分枝；使分叉；使岔开
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16.
vi.
[computer]
转移，分支，离开指令执行的正常序列
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17.
vt.
在（织物）上绣上花纹；用枝叶装饰
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18.
adjective
形成枝杈的；树枝的
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19.
adjective
分支的
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1.
noun
[botany]
枝，分枝
Collins English-English Dictionary
- branch [brɑːntʃ]
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1.
n
a secondary woody stem arising from the trunk or bough of a tree or the main stem of a shrub
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2.
n
[computing]
jump a departure from the normal sequence of programmed instructions into a separate program area
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3.
n
a subdivision of the stem or root of any other plant
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4.
n
an offshoot or secondary part
- a branch of a deer's antlers
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5.
n
a subdivision or subsidiary section of something larger or more complex
- branches of learning
- branch of the family
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6.
n
(as modifier)
- a branch office
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7.
n
[US]
any small stream
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8.
n
[maths]
a section of a curve separated from the rest of the curve by discontinuities or special points
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9.
n
an alternative route in an atomic or nuclear decay series
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10.
vi.
[intr]
(of a tree or other plant) to produce or possess branches
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11.
vi.
[intr
; usually foll by from] (of stems, roots, etc) to grow and diverge (from another part) -
12.
vi.
to divide or be divided into subsidiaries or offshoots
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13.
vi.
[intr
; often foll by off] to diverge from the main way, road, topic, etc -
14.
vi.
See also branch out
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15.
vi.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French branche, from Late Latin branca paw, foot
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1.
n
a secondary woody stem arising from the trunk or bough of a tree or the main stem of a shrub
Examples
- Branch officials can access the central data bank.
- 分行官员可以存取中央数据库。 → access
- Optics is a branch of physics.
- 光学是物理学的一个分科。 → branch
- a suburban branch of a library
- 某图书馆的郊区分馆 → branch
- branch out
- 引伸开去；长出枝芽 → out
- He won a pin for highest sales in the branch office.
- 他在分公司的销售额最高，所以赢得了一枚徽章。 → pin
- The company opened its fourth branch.
- 这家公司开了它的第四家分公司。 → fourth
- A tree branch fell yesterday morning, cutting off the traffic flow for three hours.
- 昨天早上，一根树枝掉了下来，阻断交通长达三个小时。 → branch
- That branch should be strong enough to hold.
- 那根用做支撑的树干应该足够坚固。 → branch
- The gardener will cut the top of all the trees in the garden to let them branch out more easily.
- 园丁会修剪花园中所有树木的顶部以便让它们的枝干生长得更加茂密。 → branch
- Most ornamental plants branch quickly if exposed to sunlight.
- 大多观赏类植物只要日照充足都会生长得很快。 → branch
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