branch
英 [brɑːntʃ]
美 [bræntʃ]
n.  树枝; 分支; 分部; 分行; 分店; 政府部门; 分支机构
v.  分开; 分岔
复数:branches 现在分词:branching 过去式:branched 第三人称单数:branches 过去分词:branched
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1178 / COCA.1807
同义词辨析
branchn. 树枝,分枝;分支
〔辨析〕
通常指树的枝条,常用于引申意义,表示组织、学科、河流、道路等的分支。
〔例证〕
branches of a river/party/tree
河的支流/党的支部/树的分枝
The bank has branches all over the country.
该银行在全国各地都有分行。
河的支流/党的支部/树的分枝
The bank has branches all over the country.
该银行在全国各地都有分行。
limbn. 树枝;肢,臂
〔辨析〕
指大的树枝或人、动物的肢体。
〔例证〕
four limbs of a person
人的四肢
A limb was sawed off from a tree.
树上的一根大枝条被锯了下来。
人的四肢
A limb was sawed off from a tree.
树上的一根大枝条被锯了下来。
prongn. 叉子齿;方面,部分
〔辨析〕
尤指叉子等的尖头;也指攻击、论点等的某一方面。
〔例证〕
a prong of the garden fork
园艺叉子的一个齿尖
a two-prong attack
两面夹击
the third prong of the strategy
该策略的第三部分
园艺叉子的一个齿尖
a two-prong attack
两面夹击
the third prong of the strategy
该策略的第三部分
短语动词
branch off
1. 分叉;分岔;(在某处)改变方向  
branch out
1. 扩大范围;拓展领域  
短语用例
branch off
- 分岔
 to be joined to another road or river but lead in a different direction
- 改道;转道
 to leave a road or path and travel in a different direction
branch out (into sth)
- 涉足(新工作);拓展(新业务)
 to start to do an activity that you have not done before, especially in your work or business- The bank has branches all over the country.
 那家银行在全国各地设有分行。
- Our New York branch is dealing with the matter.
 我们的纽约分部正在处理这件事。
 
- The bank has branches all over the country.
习惯用语
n.
- root and branch
- 完全彻底
 thoroughly and completely
- The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.
 政府着手完全彻底地摧毁这个组织。
- root-and-branch reforms
 全面彻底的改革
牛津词典
noun
- 树 of tree
- 树枝
 a part of a tree that grows out from the main stem and on which leaves, flowers and fruit grow 公司 of company
- 分支;分部;分行;分店
 a local office or shop/store belonging to a large company or organization- The bank has branches all over the country.
 那家银行在全国各地设有分行。
- Our New York branch is dealing with the matter.
 我们的纽约分部正在处理这件事。
 政府 of government
- The bank has branches all over the country.
- 政府部门;分支机构
 a part of a government or other large organization that deals with one particular aspect of its work- the anti-terrorist branch
 反恐部门
 知识 of knowledge
- the anti-terrorist branch
- (学科及语言的)分支
 a division of an area of knowledge or a group of languages- the branch of computer science known as ‘artificial intelligence’
 计算机科学中的所谓“人工智能”分科
 河;路 of river/road
- the branch of computer science known as ‘artificial intelligence’
- 支流;支路;支线
 a smaller or less important part of a river, road, railway/railroad, etc. that leads away from the main part- a branch of the Rhine
 莱茵河的支流
- a branch line (= a small line off a main railway line, often in country areas)
 铁路支线
 家庭 of family
- a branch of the Rhine
- 家族分支
 a group of members of a family who all have the same ancestors- 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。
 
- My uncle's branch of the family emigrated to Canada.
verb
- 分开;分岔
 to divide into two or more parts, especially smaller or less important parts- The accident happened where the road branches.
 事故发生在岔道处。
 
- The accident happened where the road branches.
柯林斯词典
- 树枝
 Thebranchesof a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
- N-COUNT (企业或组织的)分支机构,分部,分店
 Abranch ofa business or other organization is one of the offices, shops, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places.- 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。
- 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。
 
- The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts...
- N-COUNT (政府或公安机关等的)部门,机构
 Abranch ofan organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function.- 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。
- 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。
- ...the Metropolitan Police Special Branch.
 市公安局特别行动处
 
- Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government...
- N-COUNT (某学科的)分支,分科
 Abranch ofa subject is a part or type of it.- 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。
- Oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors.
 肿瘤学是研究肿瘤的医学分支。
 
- Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.
- N-COUNT (家族的)分支,支系,旁系
 Abranch ofyour family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person.- This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.
 这是罗斯福家族的一个支系。
 
- This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.
英英释义
noun
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm- the arm of the record player
- an arm of the sea
- a branch of the sewer
 
- a division of some larger or more complex organization- a branch of Congress
- botany is a branch of biology
- the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages
 
- a stream or river connected to a larger one
- a natural consequence of development
- a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
- a part of a forked or branching shape- he broke off one of the branches
 
verb
- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork- The road forks
 
- grow and send out branches or branch-like structures- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
 
双语例句
- A thrush alighted on a branch of the pine tree.
 一只鸫落在松树的树枝上。
- The bank recently opened a branch in Germany
 这家银行最近在德国开设了分行。
- 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。
- They have decided to close that branch down.
 他们决定把那个分公司关了。
- His speciality was psychology--one important branch on the great tree of knowledge.
 他的专业是心理学,这是知识之树上的一个重要分枝。
- 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。
- 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。
- A branch whipped her across the cheek.
 一根树枝抽打到了她的脸颊。
- Tyndall's inspired work spawned a whole new branch of science
 由廷德尔富有创见的著作发展出了一个崭新的科学分支。
- It was exterminated root and branch.
 它被彻底剪除了。
