branch
noun[C]
uk/brɑːntʃ/us/bræntʃ/branchnoun[C](PART)
B2
apartof somethinglarger:
一部分;支族,旁系Immunology is a branchofbiologicalscience.免疫学是生物科学的一个分支。
One branchoftheirfamily(= onegroupofrelatives)emigratedtoBrazil.他们家族的一支移居到了巴西。
In the US, thepresidentispartof theexecutivebranch of thegovernment.在美国,总统是政府行政分支的一部分。
B1
one of theofficesorgroupsthatformpartof alargebusinessorganization:
分支机构;分部;分行;分店I used toworkin thelocalbranchofalargebank.我曾在一家大型银行设在当地的分行工作。
She's a branchmanager.她是个分部经理。
Take theformsintoyourlocalbranchoffice.把这些表格带到你们的地方分部。
- Thebankhas three branches in Norwich, and over three hundredcountrywide.
- Policeofficersfrom theorganizedcrimebranch haveraidedsolicitors'officesincentralLondon.
- Thecustomerhas only tobringthegoodsin to any branch and animmediate,no-questions-askedrefundorreplacementwill beprovided.
- TocontactourAustralian branch,emailus at info@cambridge.edu.au.
- Thecompanyhasannouncedtheclosureof several ofitsruralbranches.
Words meaning parts of things
- back end
- bifurcation
- biomarker
- cartridge
- cell
- chunk
- modularity
- modularized
- moiety
- multi-branched
- multi-component
- panel
- piece
- sub
- sub-sector
- subscale
- subscience
- subsection
- subsegment
- unit
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Office practices
branchnoun[C](TREE PART)
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one of thepartsof atreethatgrowsout from themaintrunkand hasleaves,flowers, orfruiton it:
树枝bare/leafy/floweringbranches光秃秃/叶子茂密/开满花的树枝
Thefruiton thelowerbranches wasprotectedfrom thesun.下边树枝上的果子见不到阳光。
Watch out foroverhangingbranches.小心下垂的树枝。
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Parts of plants
- bilobed
- blade
- bough
- bulb
- calyx
- caning
- cascara sagrada
- corolla
- endodermis
- needle
- outgrowth
- rhizome
- simple leaf
- spine
- stoma
- tea leaf
- variegation
- vascular
- veined
- vesicle
branchnoun[C](RIVER/ROAD)
apartof ariverorroadthatleavesthemainpart:
支流;岔路This branch of therivereventuallyemptiesinto the Atlantic.大河的这条支流最终注入大西洋。
Parts of watercourses
- artesian well
- backwater
- basin
- confluence
- drainage basin
- estuarine
- firth
- head
- interbasin
- interchannel
- lock
- lock-keeper
- meander
- mooring
- narrows
- reach
- spring
- tributary
- water table
- weir
branchnoun[C](BLOOD VESSEL)
medicalspecialized
asmallerbloodvesselornervethatgrowsout of themainpart
(血管)分枝Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- adenoid
- agonist
- gracilis
- grey matter
- groove
- gyrus
- hallucis
- oxytocin
- papilla
- papillary
- parietal
- pecten
- vesica
- vesical
- vesicle
- vestibular
- vestibule
branch
verb[I]
uk/brɑːntʃ/us/bræntʃ/branchverb[I](TREE)
toproducebranches:
出枝;发出新枝Thetopof thetreehad beencutoff toencourageit to branch(out)lowerdown.树冠已被砍去,目的是为了促使它从下面抽出新枝。
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- cloven
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- unravel
branchverb[I](SPLIT)
todivideinto two:
分岔,岔开Theroadbranches at thebottomof thehill.公路在山脚下分岔。
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- cloven
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- unravel
Phrasal verbs
branch off
branch offsomething
branch out