| 釋義 |
branch /bromtj US: braentf; braentj/ n 1 arm-like division of a tree, growing out from the trunk, or a bough, or another ~, → the illus at tree: 樹(shù)枝 (參看 tree 之插圖)： He climbed up the tree and hid among the ~es. 他爬上樹(shù)藏到樹(shù)枝里面。 2 (often attrib) division or subdivision of a river, road, railway, mountain range, etc; division or subdivision of a family, subject of knowledge, organization, etc: (常作形容用法) (河流的) 支流; (道路的) 支路; (山脈的) 支脈; (家族的) 支系; (學(xué)術(shù)的) 部門(mén); (機(jī)構(gòu)的) 分成機(jī)構(gòu) (等)： There is a ~ post office quite near. 附近有一個(gè)郵局支局。 The bank has ~es in all parts of the country. 該銀行在全國(guó)各地皆有分行。 English is a of the Germanic family of languages. 英語(yǔ)是日耳曼語(yǔ)系中的一支。 root and ~, → root' (1). vi [VP2A, C] send out, divide into, ~es: 長(zhǎng)出枝子; 分枝; 分叉： The trees ~ (out) over the river. 那些樹(shù)的枝子伸到河上去了。 The road ~es here. 陷在此分叉。 ~ off, (of a car, road, train, etc) leave a main route and take a minor one. (指汽車(chē)、道路、火車(chē)等) 離開(kāi)干道進(jìn)入支線; 分叉; 分岐。 ~ out, (of a person, business firm, etc) expand in a new direction, open new departments or lines of activities. (指人、商行等) 向新的方向發(fā)展; 創(chuàng)設(shè)新的部門(mén)或業(yè)務(wù)。 ~Y adj with many ~es, 多枝的。 |