branch是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a part of something larger -- 一部分；支族，旁系

  • Immunology is a branch of biological science. 免疫学是生物科学的一个分支。

  • One branch of their family (= one group of relatives) emigrated to Brazil. 他们家族的一支移居到了巴西。

  • In the US, the president is part of the executive branch of the government. 在美国，总统是政府行政分支的一部分。

  • I used to work in the local branch of a large bank. 我曾在一家大型银行设在当地的分行工作。

  • She's a branch manager. 她是个分部经理。

  • Take the forms into your local branch office. 把这些表格带到你们的地方分部。

• 1 one of the parts of a tree that grows out from the main trunk and has leaves, flowers, or fruit on it -- 树枝

  • bare/leafy/flowering branches 光秃秃／叶子茂密／开满花的树枝

  • The fruit on the lower branches was protected from the sun. 下边树枝上的果子见不到阳光。

  • Watch out for overhanging branches. 小心下垂的树枝。

• 2 a part of a river or road that leaves the main part -- 支流；岔路

  • This branch of the river eventually empties into the Atlantic. 大河的这条支流最终注入大西洋。

• 3 a smaller blood vessel or nerve that grows out of the main part -- （血管）分枝

• 4 to produce branches -- 出枝；发出新枝

  • The top of the tree had been cut off to encourage it to branch (out) lower down. 树冠已被砍去，目的是为了促使它从下面抽出新枝。

• 5 to divide into two -- 分岔，岔开

  • The road branches at the bottom of the hill. 公路在山脚下分岔。