branch

英 [brɑːntʃ] 美 [bræntʃ]

• n. 分部；部门；分店；分支；树枝
• v. 分岔；分支

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]树枝,枝条

   one of the parts of a tree that grow out from the trunk

2. [C]分支,分科,分系

   part of a big river, road and company, family

v. (动词)

1. vi. 出枝

   send out or divide into branches

2. vi. 分岔

   divide into branches

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 分部
2. 分店
3. 分支
4. 分科
5. 部门
6. 支流
7. 支线
8. 分局
9. 树枝
10. 分公司
11. 分行
12. 支路
13. 支族
14. 支脉
15. 支派
16. 支管
17. 支系
18. 【语】支
19. 族

v. 动词

1. 分岔
2. 分支
3. 使分枝
4. 出枝
5. 开叉
6. 分部
7. 分门
8. 用枝、叶、花等图案装饰（织物）
9. 转移
10. 分开
11. 涉足（新工作）
12. 拓展（新业务）
13. 用枝叶装饰
14. 分割
15. 分叉
16. 分枝
17. 使分叉
18. 使岔开
19. 在（织物）上绣上花纹

adj. 形容词

1. 臂的
2. 形成枝杈的
3. 树枝的
4. 分支的

英英释义

Noun:

1. 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"
   

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"
   

4. a natural consequence of development

5. a stream or river connected to a larger one

6. 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"
   

Verb:

1. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;

   "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
   

2. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

   "The road forks"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Can we drop the car off at any of your branch?
   我们可以在你们的任何一家分公司还车吗？
2. Mr. Smith works in an executive branch of the government.
   史密斯先生在政府的行政部门工作。
3. Send these orders down to our branch office.
   把这些订货单发送到我们的分店。
4. Gynaecology is a branch of medicine.
   妇科学是医学的一个分科。
5. The gardener cut off a branch from the tree.
   园丁从树上砍下一根树枝。
6. The olive branch is the emblem of peace.
   橄榄枝是和平的象征。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Follow the main road until it branches, and then turn to the right.
   顺着这条大路走，在路的分岔口向右拐。
2. She's leaving the company to branch out on her own.
   她打算脱离这家公司，自己开业。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Branches of a tree grow from the trunk.
   一棵树的枝丫长自树干。
2. The branches broke his fall but he struck the ground heavily.
   有树枝挡着减轻了摔下来的力量,但他还是重重地摔在地上。
3. The branch bent but didn't break.
   树枝弯曲了,但没有折断。
4. You'll have to break the branches away to get through the thick forest.
   你得把树枝拨开才能穿过密林。
5. He broke that branch off.
   他将那树枝折下来。
6. The branch bent when the boy climbed onto it.
   那男孩爬上树枝时,树枝弯了下来。
7. The branches of the apple trees are bending under the weight of the fruit.
   这棵苹果树的树枝都给结的果实压弯了。
8. All the people from the village gathered branches and beat the fire out.
   全村人都敛集树枝,把火扑灭了。
9. In the spring wind, all the trees are quivering their branches.
   在春风中,所有树木的枝条都随风摇摆着。
10. Its branches spread far and wide.
    它的枝条向四面八方伸展开来。
11. The branches could hardly sustain the weight of fruit.
    树枝已很难支撑水果的重量。
12. The falling branch knocked him on the head.
    落下来的树枝打在他的头上。
13. He was dragging a great branch along.
    他正拖着一根大树枝走。
14. The branches hung down and touched the water.
    树枝下垂,触及水面。
15. The branch began to bend as I climbed along it.
    我沿树枝爬时它弯了下来。
16. The branch flipped back and scratched his face.
    树枝弹回来擦破了他的脸。
17. There's a bird's nest in the place where the branch forks.
    在树枝分岔的地方有个鸟巢。
18. The branch went completely dry this summer.
    这条支流今年夏天完全干涸了。
19. The firm arranged that he should be assigned to the branch office.
    公司安排他到分公司去工作。
20. 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。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The tree branches forth in spring.
   树木在春天抽枝。
2. The road branches here.
   路在这儿分岔。
3. Turn right where the road branches.
   在这条路的分岔处往右拐。
4. The road branches after the level-crossing.
   这条路在经过平面交叉道口后岔开了。

经典引文

• A Branch or Bay of the Great Ocean.

  出自： W. Whiston

• The Metropolitan Line (by which the purist naturally meant the Watford, Chesham and Amersham branches).

  出自： J. Barnes

• The whole system of offences..is branched out into five classes.

  出自： J. Bentham

• Gold that branch'd itself Fine as ice-ferns.

  出自： Tennyson

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a branch of

一条,一支 a part of sth

among the branches

在树枝间 among of the part of a tree

用作动词 (v.)

branch off (v.+adv.)

岔开,偏离 leave a main road, an established course of action
branch off
The road to Oxford branches off here.

通往牛津的大道在这里分岔。
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。 branch off from sth
They branched off from the main road and turned down a country lane.

他们离开干道,转入乡间小路。
His talk branched off from the subject.

他的话离开了正题。

branch out (v.+adv.)

扩大活动范围 add to the range of one's interests or activities
branch out into sth
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。 branch out on sth
She's leaving the company to branch out on her own.

她打算脱离这家公司,自己开公司。

branch over (v.+prep.)

伸展到…顶上 spread above sth
branch over sth
The tree near the house branched over the roof.

房屋边那棵树的树枝伸展到屋顶上方去了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• break branches 攀折枝条
• clip a branch 剪枝
• cut down branches 把树枝砍下来
• develop a branch 发展分店
• form a branch 开设分店
• open up a branch 开分店

形容词+～

• different branches 不同的部门,分行
• executive branch 行政部门
• important branch 重要的部门
• various branches 各个部门

名词+～

• party branch 党支部

～+名词

• branch bank 分行
• branch office 分局
• branch point 分支点,转移点
• branch post office 邮电支局
• branch railway 支线铁路
• branch school 分校

～+介词

• all branches of culture 各个文化领域
• branches of learning 学科的分支
• a branch of science 一门学科

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• branch here 在这里分岔
• branch off 岔开,偏离
• branch out 扩大活动范围

～+介词

• branch into 把…分成
• branch over 伸展到…顶上

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. branch的基本意思是“树枝”“枝条”,引申还可指“分支”,可指河流、公路、山脉的分支,也可指家族的分支、知识的分科、语言的分系,还可指某大公司或机构的地方办事处、分支机构或分店、部门。是可数名词。
2. branch常与介词of连用, a branch of后可接不可数名词,表示“某物的一支”。
3. branch可用在其他名词前作定语。

v. (动词)

1. branch的基本意思是“出枝”,指树枝发出新枝,引申可表示“分岔”,指某事物分出另外一条支线。
2. branch是不及物动词,常与副词off, out连用。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

branch, bough, shoot, spray, twig

• 这组词都有“树枝”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.branch为树枝的统称; twig指大树枝的细枝、嫩枝; shoot指植物的芽、嫩枝、新梢、苗; spray尤指有叶有花的树枝、花枝。
• 2.branch不分大小粗细; bough比较大; shoot最幼小; spray比shoot稍大、稍长一点。
• He broke off a branch.
• 他折断了一根树枝。
• They built their small shelter with boughs.
• 他们用大树枝搭起他们的小掩蔽处。
• A few tender shoots of green had started to appear.
• 几颗绿色的嫩芽开始出现了。
• Dry twigs are good to start a fire with.
• 干燥的细树枝用来生火很好。

branch,brook,canal,creek,river,stream,torrent

• 这组词的共同意思是“流水的通道”。其区别是：
• 1.除canal指人工开挖的河流或渠道外，其余各词均指自然形成的水道。
• 2.river和torrent均指流量较大的河流，river可泛指(自然形成的)江河；torrent则特指急流、湍流。这两个词还常用于比喻。
• 3.stream可指大河，也可指小河或小溪，指小溪时与brook,creek同义。creek侧重其狭长蜿蜒，缓缓流动，且多流入大河或湖泊。brook侧重发源于山泉。creek和stream都比brook大。stream还可引申表示事物连绵不断。
• 4.branch指江河的支流。

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的branche，意为树枝，家庭的支系；最初源自后期拉丁语的branca，意为脚印。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bough
• department
• division
• limb
• offshoot
• part
• shoot
• subdivision
• tributary

【反义词】

• trunk 树干