| 单词 | branch |
| 释义 | branch (once / 67 pages) 1nv 2n A branch can mean the "arm" of a tree, or any other kind of arm––a branch of a bank is a division of the bank. Branch also works as a verb. If you play soccer every day after school and you want to "branch out" athletically, you might consider playing tennis. You might turn onto a little road that branches off a main one. A branch of a river is called a tributary. WORD FAMILYbranch: branched, branches, branching, branchless, branchlet, branchy+/branched: unbranched/branching: branchings, unbranching/branchlet: branchlets USAGE EXAMPLESBut its roots remain in New York, where its East Harlem branch, Youth Action/YouthBuild, is still in its original storefront. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) She is currently weighing whether to run again and meanwhile is running Emerge Colorado, a branch of Emerge America. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Reversing them would appear as an olive branch from the new president to his Russian counterpart. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant Hypo|Hyper deadwood a branch or a part of a tree that is dead limb, tree branchany of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree branchlet, sprig, twiga small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year briera thorny stem or twig wanda thin supple twig or rod withe, withystrong flexible twig sticka small thin branch of a tree boughany of the larger branches of a tree stalk, stem a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ 2n any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm a branch of the sewer Syn|Hyper arm, limb projection any structure that branches out from a central support 3n a part of a forked or branching shape he broke off one of the branches Syn|Hypo|Hyper leg, ramification bifurcation a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) brachium(biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal crotch, forkthe region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches subfigure a figure that is a part of another figure 4n a stream or river connected to a larger one Hypo|Hyper billabong a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high distributarya branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it affluent, confluent, feeder, tributarya branch that flows into the main stream stream, watercourse a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth 5n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper arm, subdivision local post office, post office a local branch where postal services are available" Executive Office of the President, executive branchthe branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws legislative branchthe branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating judicial branchthe branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice division an administrative unit in government or business 6v grow and send out branches or branch-like structures Syn|Hyper ramify fork, furcate, ramify, separate divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork grow become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain 7v divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper fork, furcate, ramify, separate ramify grow and send out branches or branch-like structures arborise, arborize branch out like trees twigbranch out in a twiglike manner bifurcatedivide into two branches trifurcatedivide into three diverge move or draw apart n a natural consequence of development Syn|Hyper offset, offshoot, outgrowth consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
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