英语词汇“offshoot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

On a plant, an offshoot is a sprout or shoot that branches off. From this botanical meaning, offshoot has come to describe anything that starts or grows from something else.

You can start a whole new plant with a houseplant's offshoot, by putting it in water and waiting for it to grow roots. Another kind of offshoot is a local branch of a library, an offshoot of the central location, or an offshoot of a popular TV show, also called a "spin-off." Interestingly, the earliest definition of offshoot, in the seventeenth century, referred to family trees. It wasn't until 1814 that offshoot was used for actual plants.

WORD FAMILY

offshoot: offshoots

USAGE EXAMPLES

Mr. Assad and the core of his regime hail from the minority Alawite community, a distant offshoot of Shiite Islam.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016)

The cafe/bar is an offshoot of El Rey on the Lower East Side.

New York Times(Dec 28, 2016)

My Kushner discoveries were an offshoot of my research for a chapter on Harvard donors.

Salon(Dec 20, 2016)

n a natural consequence of development

Syn|Hyper

branch, offset, outgrowth

consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

单词	offshoot
释义	offshoot (once / 4960 pages) n On a plant, an offshoot is a sprout or shoot that branches off. From this botanical meaning, offshoot has come to describe anything that starts or grows from something else. You can start a whole new plant with a houseplant's offshoot, by putting it in water and waiting for it to grow roots. Another kind of offshoot is a local branch of a library, an offshoot of the central location, or an offshoot of a popular TV show, also called a "spin-off." Interestingly, the earliest definition of offshoot, in the seventeenth century, referred to family trees. It wasn't until 1814 that offshoot was used for actual plants. WORD FAMILY offshoot: offshoots USAGE EXAMPLES Mr. Assad and the core of his regime hail from the minority Alawite community, a distant offshoot of Shiite Islam. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) The cafe/bar is an offshoot of El Rey on the Lower East Side. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) My Kushner discoveries were an offshoot of my research for a chapter on Harvard donors. Salon(Dec 20, 2016) n a natural consequence of development Syn\|Hyper branch, offset, outgrowth consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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