branch, limb, bough, shoot

名詞 branch:

1. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization
   同義詞：subdivision, arm
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
   同義詞：leg, ramification
4. a natural consequence of development
   同義詞：outgrowth, offshoot, offset
5. a stream or river connected to a larger one
6. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
   同義詞：arm, limb

動詞 branch:

1. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
   同義詞：ramify
2. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
   同義詞：ramify, fork, furcate, separate

1. She's leaving the company to branch out on her own.
   她打算脫離這家公司，自己開業(yè)。
2. Gynaecology is a branch of medicine.
   婦科學(xué)是醫(yī)學(xué)的一個分科。
3. The road to the village branches off on the right.
   通往該村的道路向右轉(zhuǎn)為一條小路。
4. Follow the main road until it branches, and then turn to the right.
   順著這條大路走，在路的分岔口向右拐。
5. Mr. Smith works in an executive branch of the government.
   史密斯先生在政府的行政部門工作。

branch

n.Abbr. br.（名詞）縮寫 br.

A secondary woody stem or limb growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree or shrub or from another secondary limb.
分枝：從樹或灌木的主干或另一次級樹枝上生長出來的次級樹枝
A lateral division or subdivision of certain other plant parts, such as a root or flower cluster.
分枝：某些其他植物部分，如根或花簇的側(cè)向分枝或次級細(xì)分
Something that resembles a branch of a tree, as in form or function, as:
枝狀物：在結(jié)構(gòu)或功能上類似于樹枝的東西，比如：
A secondary outgrowth or subdivision of a main axis, such as the tine of a deer`s antlers.
分叉：主軸上的次級旁枝或分岔，如鹿角尖
Anatomy An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.
【解剖學(xué)】 分支：某一結(jié)構(gòu)主要部分的分支或分岔，尤指神經(jīng)，血管，或淋巴管的；分支
A limited part of a larger or more complex unit or system, especially:
分支，支脈：一個較大或更復(fù)雜的單元的有限部分，特別是：
An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas:
部門，分科：具有特殊技能或知識，尤指學(xué)術(shù)上或職業(yè)上的分區(qū)，與其他分區(qū)相聯(lián)系但又有區(qū)別：
例句：
the judicial branch of government; the branch of medicine called neurology.
政府的司法部門；謂之為神經(jīng)病學(xué)的醫(yī)學(xué)分枝

A division of a business or other organization.
支部，支局：商行或其他組織的分支
A division of a family, categorized by descent from a particular ancestor.
家族支系：家族的分支，由特定祖先的后裔分類
Linguistics A subdivision of a family of languages, such as the Germanic branch of Indo-European.
【語言學(xué)】 語言支系：語系的分支，如印歐語系的日耳曼支

A tributary of a river.
河的支流
Chiefly Southern U.S. See creek See Regional Note at run
【多用于美國南部】 參見 creek 參見 run
Chiefly Southern U.S. See branch water
【多用于美國南部】 參見 branch water
A divergent section of a river, especially near the mouth.
河流分支：河流的分岔部分，特別是近河口地區(qū)
Mathematics A part of a curve that is separated, as by discontinuities or extreme points.
【數(shù)學(xué)】 線圖表中的一段：由不連續(xù)或極值點分隔的曲線的一部分
Computer Science
【計算機(jī)科學(xué)】
A sequence of program instructions to which the normal sequence of instructions relinquishes control, depending on the value of certain variables.
分支程序：正常指令序列撤回控制時轉(zhuǎn)向的程序指令序列，依賴于某些變量的取值
The instructions executed as the result of such a passing of control.
分支指令：由這種控制傳遞方式的結(jié)果而執(zhí)行的指令
v.（動詞）
branched,branch.ing,branch.es
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To put forth a branch or branches; spread by dividing.
出枝；通過分支擴(kuò)張

To come forth as a branch or subdivision; develop or diverge from:
由分枝或細(xì)分而形成；以…發(fā)展或分岔而成：
例句：
an unpaved road that branches from the main road; a theory that branches from an older system of ideas.
從主干道分岔出來的未鋪砌的小路；從較早的思想體系中分支出來的理論

To enlarge the scope of one`s interests, business, or activities:
擴(kuò)大某人的興趣，業(yè)務(wù)，或活動范圍：
例句：
branch out from physics into related scientific fields.
從物理學(xué)而引申到相關(guān)科學(xué)領(lǐng)域

Computer Science To relinquish control to another set of instructions or another routine as a result of the presence of a branch.
【計算機(jī)科學(xué)】 下分支的指令：因為另一分支指令的存在而引起的對另一指令組或常規(guī)指令組的放棄控制
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To separate (something) into or as if into branches.
分離（某物）形成分枝
To embroider (something) with a design of foliage or flowers.
刺繡：用葉子或花的圖案為（某物）刺繡

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French branche
源自 古法語 branche
from Late Latin branca [paw]
源自 后期拉丁語 branca [爪子]
[perhaps of Celtic origin]
[大概來源于凱爾特語]

【引伸】
branch.less
adj.（形容詞）
branch.y
adj.（形容詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>branch,arm,fork,offshootThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .something resembling or structurally analogous to a limb of a tree.:
這些名詞的中心意思都是.象或結(jié)構(gòu)上類似于樹枝的東西.：
例句：
a branch of a railroad;
鐵路支線；

例句：
an arm of the sea;
海灣；

例句：
the western fork of the river;
河流的西岔；

例句：
an offshoot of a mountain range.
山脈分支