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branched

/branch, brahnch/US // bræntʃ, brɑntʃ //UK // (brɑːntʃ) //

分支的,分裂的,分支型,分支

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
    • : a limb, offshoot, or ramification of any main stem: the branches of a deer's antlers.
    • : any member or part of a body or system; a section or subdivision: the various branches of learning.
    • : a local operating division of a business, library, or the like.
    • : a line of family descent stemming from a particular ancestor, as distinguished from some other line or lines from the same stock; a division of a family.
    • : a tributary stream or any stream that is not a large river or a bayou.
    • : Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. branch water.
    • : Linguistics. a category of a lower order than a subfamily and of a higher order than a subbranch or a group, as the Germanic branch of Indo-European.Compare group.
    • : Computers. a point in a computer program where the computer selects one of two or more instructions to execute, according to some criterion.
    • : Nautical. a warrant or license permitting a pilot to navigate in certain waters.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put forth branches; spread in branches.
    • : to divide into separate parts or subdivisions; diverge: The main road branches off to the left.
    • : to expand or extend, as business activities: The bank has plans to branch throughout the state.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to divide into branches or sections.
    • : to adorn with needlework; decorate with embroidery, as in textile fabrics.
  1. 1
    • : branch out, to expand or extend, as business activities, pursuits, interests, etc.: The business is branching out into computers.

Phrases

  • branch off
  • branch out
  • olive branch
  • root and branch

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The new safety branch of California’s Public Advocate Office has lodged some of its first complaints against SDG&E’s wildfire mitigation plans, arguing that it lacks credible science and could actually make wildfires worse.

  • In heavily forested Northern California, where trees tower over power lines in some cases, branches can fall on a line and cause a spark.

  • That’s because the independent agency of the executive branch is a service that touches every person in the country, every residence, and every business.

  • With bank branches closed, it has been harder to make large cash deposits.

  • Its branches have donated to Republican politicians and it controversially purchased the Silent Sam Confederate statue that was torn down at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  • And that solution came from a homemade brew Branch and her sister created together.

  • Through her haircare line, named for her grandmother, Jessie Branch, Titi Branch was revolutionary.

  • Branch helped women feel beautiful by encouraging them to embrace their natural selves as she had.

  • Branch grew up in Queens, NY, the daughter of an African American man and a Japanese woman.

  • But at 45, Branch died of a reported suicide, leaving behind family, friends and a legacy that goes beyond the beauty industry.

  • I had those words in my thoughts four years ago, when I cut him down from the branch of the Patriarch.

  • Each seems satisfied with the way his own branch is getting on: Winter is the quicker worker.

  • A girl was moved to pity by a picture of a lamb caught in a thicket, and tried to lift the branch that lay across the animal.

  • The senior branch of the family being thus extinct the whole of the entailed estate had devolved on me.

  • It is wonderful how long a withered leaf will sometimes cling to its branch.