中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.(树)枝〔泛指大枝或小枝；bough 特指大枝，也指连花、果折下的枝；limb 指大枝；twig 指小枝〕。
2.支脉；支派；支管；支线；(家族的)支系；【语言学】(语系的)支，族。
3.(学科)分科；部门，支部，分部，分行；分店。
4.〔美国〕支流，小河，小川。
5.【电学】分流；【计算机】转移。
短语和例子
the branchs of a deer's antelers 鹿角的岔枝。 branch road 岔道。 the various branches of learning 各门学科。 the executive branch of the government 政府的行政部门。 an overseas branch 海外分店。 the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family 印欧语系的日耳曼语族。 a party branch 党支部。 root and branch 彻底的[地]。
vi.
1.(树)出枝，开叉。
2.分部，分门；分岔；分支。 The main road branches off to the left. 大道向左分出一条岔路。 Numerous lesser roads branched off from the main highway. 从主要公路上分出无数小道。
vt.
1.使分枝。
2.用枝、叶、花等图案装饰(织物)。
短语和例子
branch forth (树)扩展枝叶；(商店等)扩展分支机构。 branch off [away] (道路等)分叉，岔开。 branch out 1. (树)发枝，长出枝条；(话等)横生枝节。 2. (事业等)扩大规模。 His firm branched out to New York. 他的公司把分支机构扩大到了纽约。

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"
同义词：arm, limb,

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"
同义词：subdivision, arm,

a stream or river connected to a larger one

a natural consequence of development
同义词：outgrowth, offshoot, offset,

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"
同义词：leg, ramification,

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
同义词：ramify, fork, furcate, separate,

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"
同义词：ramify,

例句与用法

His firm branched out to new york .
他的公司把分支机构扩大到了纽约。

A single branch may bear several catkins .
一根枝条可着生几个花序。

There are so many poor branches of my family .
我家那头有许多穷亲戚。

In his senior year he branches out .
读大四那年时他又多了件事儿干了。

The river divides here into two branches .
这条河从这儿分成两条支流。

The branches bent low with ripened fruits .
成熟的果实压弯了树枝。

The branch sprang back and hit me in the face .
树枝弹回来打在我脸上。

The branches and leaves are luxuriant but well-spaced .
枝叶扶疏。

The branch began to give under his weight .
他身体的重量把树枝压弯了。

The branches of the willows drooped over the water .
柳枝低垂在水面上。