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n.枝,分枝,分部,分店,(学科)分科,部门,支流,支脉 v.出现分歧

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branch为小学词汇   词频:1196

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

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member  limb  lobe  lobule  arm  wing  scion  branch  bough  joint  link  offshoot  ramification  twig  bush  spray  sprig  runner  leaf  leaflet  stump    

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branch


/brɑ:ntʃ; [US] brntʃ; bræntʃ/
n
1 arm-like division of a tree, growing from the trunk or from a bough 树枝
*He climbed up the tree and hid among the branches. 他爬上树, 藏在树枝後面. =>illus at App
1 见附录1之插图, page i.
2 similar division of a river, road, railway or mountain range (河流、公路、铁路或山脉的)类似分支
*a branch of the Rhine 莱茵河的支流
* [attrib 作定语] a branch line, ie a division of a main railway line, serving country areas 支线(铁路干线通往乡村的分支).
3 subdivision of a family, a subject of knowledge, or a group of languages (家族的)分支; (知识的)分科; (语言的)分系
*His uncle's branch of the family emigrated to Australia. 他的家族中叔父这一支系已移居澳大利亚.
* Gynaecology is a branch of medicine. 妇科学是医学的一个分科.
4 local office or shop belonging to a large firm or organization (属于某大公司或机构的)地方办事处或分店
*The bank has branches in all parts of the country. 该银行在全国各地设有分行.
* [attrib 作定语] a branch post office 邮局的分局.
5 (idm 习语) root and branch => root1.

v [I]
1 (of a tree) send out or divide into branches (指树)长出枝, 分出枝杈.
2 (of a road) divide into branches (指道路)分岔
*The road branches after the level-crossing. 这条路在经过平面交叉道口後岔开了.
3 (phr v) branch `off (of a vehicle or road) turn from one road into a (usu) smaller one (指车辆或大路)转入或转为(通常为)小路
*The car in front of us suddenly branched off to the left. 我们前面的那辆汽车突然转入左边的小路上去了.
* 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. branch `out (into sth) extend or expand one's activities or interests in a new direction 向新的方向扩展自己的活动或兴趣
*The company began by specializing in radios but has now decided to branch out into computers. 该公司开始时专营无线电器材, 现在已决定扩展业务经营计算机了.
* She's leaving the company to branch out on her own. 她打算脱离这家公司, 自己开业.

branch


The are a branch of the Tokugawa clan based in Mito, Ibaraki.
1. Ethics is a branch of philosophy.
    伦理学是哲学的一个分支。

2. The boy was cutting a branch of a tree with his knife to make a cane.
    这个小男孩正在用一把小刀削一根树枝, 想做根手杖.

3. The snake coiled (itself) round the branch.
    蛇(把身体)盘绕在树枝上.

4. The fir remains green all year and its needles are distributed evenly around the branch.
    枞树终年常绿,它的针状叶均匀地长在树枝上。

5. The bird took its perch on a tree branch.
    鸟儿栖息在树枝上。

6. Those findings, plus the great genetic distance between present-day Africans and non-Africans, indicate that the split from the African branch is the oldest on the human family tree.
    这些发现,再加上现代非洲人与非非洲人之间的巨大基因差距,说明了从非洲人种群开始的分支是人类家谱上最早的分支。

7. The most distinctive members of the European branch of the human tree are the Basques of France and Spain.
    人类家谱图上欧洲人分支的非常特殊的成员就是法国和西班牙的巴斯克人。

8. Kebba Kanga Fofana said the Kinte clan had originated in a land called Old Mali, and from there a branch of the clan moved to Mauritania.
    凯巴·坎吉·福法纳说肯泰家族起源于一个叫作“古老的马里”的地方。从那里,家族的一支迁移到了毛里塔尼亚。

9. And Thumbs Up is a branch of Coca-Cola.
    而"顶呱呱可乐"也成了可口可乐公司的一个分号。

10. "We don't push knowledge on them," said the head of a branch of this juku in northwest Tokyo.
    "我们不是向他们强行灌输知识,"这所位于东京西北的课外学校的部门负责人说。"

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