branch
英 [brɑːn(t)ʃ]
美[bræntʃ]
- vt. 分支；出现分歧
- vi. 分支；出现分歧
- n. 树枝，分枝；分部；支流
- n. (Branch)人名；(英)布兰奇
英英释意
- 1. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;
- "a branch of Congress"
- 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;
- "he broke off one of the branches"
- "they took the south fork"
- 4. a natural consequence of development
- 5. a stream or river connected to a larger one
- 6. any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;
- "the arm of the record player"
- "an arm of the sea"
- "a branch of the sewer"