branch

• vt. 分支；出现分歧
• vi. 分支；出现分歧
• n. 树枝，分枝；分部；支流
• n. (Branch)人名；(英)布兰奇

词源不详。可能来自break, 分开的。

1. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

"a branch of Congress"

2. a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

3. a part of a forked or branching shape;

"he broke off one of the branches"

"they took the south fork"

4. a natural consequence of development

5. a stream or river connected to a larger one

6. any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

"the arm of the record player"

"an arm of the sea"

"a branch of the sewer"

branch

branch: [13] Branch comes via Old French branche from late Latin branca ‘paw’, but its ultimate origins are not known. In other Romance languages it retains more of its original Latin sense (Spanish branca ‘claw’, for example, and Romanian brinca ‘hand, paw’). The semantic connection between ‘limb of a tree’ and ‘appendage of a person or animal’ is fairly straightforward (compare BOUGH).

branch (n.)

c. 1300, braunch, "limb of a tree" (also used of things analogous to it, especially geographic features), from Old French branche "branch, bough, twig; branch of a family" (12c.), from Late Latin branca "footprint," later "a claw, paw," which is of unknown origin, probably from Gaulish. The connecting notion would be the shape (compare pedigree). Replaced native bough. Meaning "local office of a business" is first recorded 1817, from earlier sense of "component part of a system" (1690s).

branch (v.)

"send out shoots or new limbs," late 14c., also, of blood vessels, family trees, etc., "to be forked," from branch (n.). Meaning "to spread out from a center, radiate" is from c. 1400. Related: Branched; branching.

branch, limb, bough, shoot

这些名词均含有"枝"之意。

branch： 普通用词，泛指树木比bough小一些的大枝或小枝，也可用于引申意义。

limb： 多指主枝或大枝。

bough： 指主枝或粗大强壮的枝。

shoot： 指植物或灌木刚长出的新枝、嫩枝或嫩芽。

As a result of the committee's conclusion, the branch manager Mr David Roasi reported that he had talked with McLaughlin about his extremely poor driving record.

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Kathy, chaos theory seems to be a branch of physics or mathematics.

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Hospital patients who see tree branches out their window are likely to recover at a faster rate than patients who see buildings or sky instead.

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I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Maybe the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches, and so, in effect, was talking to itself.

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Often there are rocks or branches hidden in the water.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The cloisters museum and gardens is a branch of the metropolitan museum of art devoted to the art and architecture of Europe in the middle ages.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Then he piled branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as warm as he could.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The State, War, and Navy Building, as it was originally known, housed the three Executive Branch Departments most intimately associated with formulating and conducting the nation's foreign policy in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century-the period when the United States emerged as an international power.

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The State, War, and Navy Building, as it was originally known, housed the three Executive Branch Departments most intimately associated with formulating and conducting the nation's foreign policy in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first

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the anti-terrorist branch

反恐部门

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the branch of computer science known as ‘artificial intelligence ’

计算机科学中的所谓“人工智能”分科

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a branch of the Rhine

莱茵河的支流

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a branch line (= a small line off a main railway line, often in country areas)

铁路支线

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My uncle's branch of the family emigrated to Canada.

我们家族中我叔父的这一支移居到了加拿大。

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The accident happened where the road branches.

事故发生在岔道处。

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Just after the lake, the path branches off to the right.

小路经过湖后向右分出一条岔道。

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The company branched out into selling insurance.

该公司开展了保险销售业务。

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I decided to branch out on my own .

我决定自己开业。

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The bank has branches all over the country.

那家银行在全国各地设有分行。

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Our New York branch is dealing with the matter.

我们的纽约分部正在处理这件事。

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The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts...

美国银行在当地的分行正在处理这些账目。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

National is Britain's leading autocare service with over 400 branches nationwide.

英国轮胎与车辆养护公司是英国最有名的汽车养护企业，在全英国有400多家分店。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government...

参议院的雇员可以向别的政府部门申诉工作问题。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He had a fascination for submarines and joined this branch of the service.

他对潜艇非常着迷，因此加入了潜艇部队。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.

各自然科学学科可能都得不到任何拨款。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors.

肿瘤学是研究肿瘤的医学分支。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.

这是罗斯福家族的一个支系。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

What do you like to do in your spare time?

空闲时你喜欢干什么?

辞典例句

The two halves of the main branch have grown apart.

主枝的左右两边各向不同的方向生长.

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The branch bent but did not break.

那树枝弯曲,但没有折断.

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The snake wreathed itself round the branch.

这蛇盘绕在树枝上.

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A pair of orioles alighted on the frisking branch of a weeping willow.

一对黄鹂飞落在拂动着的柳树枝条上.

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The bookshop has decided to branch out into selling various records and tapes.

书店已决定扩大业务范围,出售各种唱片和录音带.

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