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offshoot

美音:[´ɔf´ʃu:t ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.分支,支流

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/'ɒfʃu:t; [US] 'ɔ:f-; `ɔf,ʃut/
n stem or branch growing from a main stem 枝子; 枝条; 枝杈
*remove offshoots from a plant 修剪植物的枝桠
* (fig 比喻) the offshoot of a wealthy family 富家的旁系.

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n[C]
something such as an organization which has developed from a larger or earlier one
offshoot of
 The company was originally an offshoot of Bell Telephones.
 the Mafia and its offshoots
a new stem or branch on a plant
1. An offshoot of the family settled down on the island in the eighteenth century.
    这个家族的一支旁系于十八世纪在那个岛上定居下来。

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