branch 音标拼音: [br'æntʃ]
vi . 分支,出枝
vt . 分割,用枝叶装饰
n . 分支
n . 树枝,支店,支流,分部,部门
分支,出枝分割,用枝叶装饰分支树枝,支店,支流,分部,部门
branch 分支; 转移
branch 分支
branch n 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
branch },
{
subdivision }, {
arm }]
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 " [
synonym : {
branch }, {
leg }, {
ramification }]
4 :
a natural consequence of development [
synonym : {
outgrowth },
{
branch }, {
offshoot }, {
offset }]
5 :
a stream or river connected to a larger one 6 :
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 " [
synonym : {
arm }, {
branch }, {
limb }]
v 1 :
grow and send out branches or branch -
like structures ;
"
these plants ramify early and get to be very large " [
synonym :
{
ramify }, {
branch }]
2 :
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork ; "
The road forks " [
synonym : {
branch }, {
ramify }, {
fork }, {
furcate },
{
separate }]
Branch \
Branch \,
v .
t .
1 .
To divide as into branches ;
to make subordinate division in .
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2 .
To adorn with needlework representing branches ,
flowers ,
or twigs .
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The train whereof loose far behind her strayed ,
Branched with gold and pearl ,
most richly wrought .
--
Spenser .
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Branch \
Branch \,
n .;
pl . {
Branches }. [
OE .
braunche ,
F .
branche ,
fr .
LL .
branca claw of a bird or beast of prey ;
cf .
Armor .
brank branch ,
bough .]
1 . (
Bot .)
A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem ,
or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant .
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2 .
Any division extending like a branch ;
any arm or part connected with the main body of thing ;
ramification ;
as ,
the branch of an antler ;
the branch of a chandelier ;
a branch of a river ;
a branch of a railway .
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Most of the branches ,
or streams ,
were dried up .
--
W .
Irving .
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3 .
Any member or part of a body or system ;
a distinct article ;
a section or subdivision ;
a department . "
Branches of knowledge ." --
Prescott .
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It is a branch and parcel of mine oath . --
Shak .
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4 . (
Geom .)
One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance ;
as ,
the branches of an hyperbola .
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5 .
A line of family descent ,
in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock ;
any descendant in such a line ;
as ,
the English branch of a family .
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His father ,
a younger branch of the ancient stock .
--
Carew .
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6 . (
Naut .)
A warrant or commission given to a pilot ,
authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters .
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{
Branches of a bridle },
two pieces of bent iron ,
which bear the bit ,
the cross chains ,
and the curb .
{
Branch herring }.
See {
Alewife }.
{
Root and branch },
totally ,
wholly .
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Syn :
Bough ;
limb ;
shoot ;
offshoot ;
twig ;
sprig .
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Branch \
Branch \,
a .
Diverging from ,
or tributary to ,
a main stock ,
line ,
way ,
theme ,
etc .;
as ,
a branch vein ;
a branch road or line ;
a branch topic ;
a branch store .
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Branch \
Branch \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Branched };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Branching }.]
1 .
To shoot or spread in branches ;
to separate into branches ;
to ramify .
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2 .
To divide into separate parts or subdivision .
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{
To branch off },
to form a branch or a separate part ;
to diverge .
{
To branch out },
to speak diffusively ;
to extend one '
s discourse to other topics than the main one ;
also ,
to enlarge the scope of one '
s business ,
etc .
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To branch out into a long disputation . --
Spectator .
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351 Moby Thesaurus words for "
branch ":
L ,
V ,
adolescent stream ,
affiliate ,
affiliation ,
affluent ,
angle ,
angle off ,
apparentation ,
appendage ,
arm ,
arroyo ,
bayou ,
bear off ,
beck ,
bend ,
bifurcate ,
billabong ,
bine ,
biotype ,
birth ,
bisect ,
blood ,
bloodline ,
body ,
booking office ,
bough ,
bourn ,
box office ,
bracket ,
braided stream ,
branch off ,
branch office ,
branch out ,
branchedness ,
branchiness ,
breed ,
brook ,
brooklet ,
burgeon ,
burn ,
by two ,
cabinet ,
cable railway ,
caste ,
category ,
chambers ,
chancellery ,
chancery ,
change the bearing ,
channel ,
chapter ,
church ,
clan ,
class ,
cleave ,
closet ,
cog railway ,
common ancestry ,
communion ,
community ,
confluent ,
confluent stream ,
consanguinity ,
consulate ,
corporate headquarters ,
crank ,
creek ,
crick ,
crook ,
crotch ,
crutch ,
curve ,
cut in two ,
deadwood ,
delta ,
den ,
dendritic drainage pattern ,
denomination ,
depart from ,
department ,
deploy ,
derivation ,
descent ,
detour ,
deviate ,
dichotomize ,
digress ,
dimidiate ,
direct line ,
disperse ,
distaff side ,
divagate ,
divaricate ,
diverge ,
diversify ,
divide ,
division ,
effluent ,
el ,
elbow ,
electric railway ,
elevated ,
elevated railway ,
embankment ,
embassy ,
estate ,
executive office ,
expand ,
extend ,
extraction ,
faction ,
family ,
fan ,
fan out ,
feeder ,
feeder line ,
fellowship ,
female line ,
filiation ,
fission ,
flagellum ,
flare ,
flowing stream ,
fluviation ,
fork ,
fresh ,
freshet ,
frond ,
furcate ,
furcula ,
furculum ,
genotype ,
genus ,
gill ,
grade ,
gravity -
operated railway ,
groin ,
group ,
grouping ,
halve ,
hand ,
head ,
heading ,
headquarters ,
heel ,
home office ,
hook ,
horse railway ,
house ,
imp ,
in half ,
inguen ,
joint ,
junction ,
kill ,
kin ,
kingdom ,
label ,
lazy stream ,
leg ,
legation ,
level ,
light railroad ,
limb ,
line ,
line of descent ,
lineage ,
link ,
lobe ,
lobule ,
local ,
lodge ,
main line ,
main office ,
male line ,
meandering stream ,
member ,
metro ,
midchannel ,
midstream ,
millstream ,
monorail ,
moving road ,
navigable river ,
office ,
offset ,
offshoot ,
open ,
open up ,
order ,
organ ,
organization ,
outspread ,
outstretch ,
overgrow ,
overrun ,
part ,
party ,
persuasion ,
phylum ,
pigeonhole ,
pinion ,
position ,
post ,
predicament ,
prong ,
race ,
racing stream ,
rack railway ,
rack -
and -
pinion railway ,
rail ,
rail line ,
railroad ,
railway ,
ramage ,
ramification ,
ramify ,
rank ,
rating ,
religious order ,
river ,
rivulet ,
roadbed ,
roadway ,
rubric ,
run ,
rundle ,
runlet ,
runnel ,
runner ,
sarment ,
schism ,
school ,
scion ,
sect ,
sectarism ,
section ,
seed ,
segment ,
sept ,
series ,
service ,
set ,
sheer ,
shift ,
shoot ,
shop ,
side ,
sidetrack ,
siding ,
sike ,
slip ,
society ,
spear ,
spear side ,
species ,
spill stream ,
spin -
off ,
spindle side ,
splay ,
split in two ,
spraddle ,
sprangle ,
sprawl ,
spray ,
spread ,
spread like wildfire ,
spread out ,
sprig ,
sprit ,
sprout ,
spur ,
station ,
status ,
stem ,
stirps ,
stock ,
stolon ,
strain ,
stratum ,
stream ,
stream action ,
streamlet ,
street railway ,
streetcar line ,
study ,
subclass ,
subdivide ,
subdivision ,
subfamily ,
subgenus ,
subgroup ,
subkingdom ,
suborder ,
subsidiary ,
subspecies ,
subterranean river ,
subtribe ,
subway ,
succession ,
sucker ,
superclass ,
superfamily ,
superorder ,
superspecies ,
swerve ,
switch ,
switchback ,
sword side ,
tack ,
tail ,
tendril ,
terminal ,
terminus ,
thallus ,
ticket office ,
title ,
track ,
tram ,
tramline ,
transect ,
trend ,
trestle ,
tribe ,
tributary ,
trident ,
trifurcate ,
trolley line ,
trunk ,
trunk line ,
tube ,
turn ,
turn aside ,
turnout ,
twig ,
underground ,
unfold ,
variety ,
vary ,
veer ,
version ,
wadi ,
watercourse ,
waterway ,
widen ,
wing ,
wishbone ,
zag ,
zig ,
zigzag 1 .
An {edge } in a {tree }.
2 . A {jump }.Branch a symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (
Ezek .
17 :
3 ,
10 ;
Dan .
11 :
7 );
of prosperity (
Job 8 :
16 );
of the Messiah ,
a branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (
Isa .
11 :
1 ),
the "
beautiful branch " (
4 :
2 ),
a "
righteous branch " (
Jer .
23 :
5 ), "
the Branch " (
Zech .
3 :
8 ;
6 :
12 ).
Disciples are branches of the true vine (
John 15 :
5 ,
6 ). "
The branch of the terrible ones " (
Isa .
25 :
5 )
is rightly translated in the Revised Version "
the song of the terrible ones ,"
i .
e .,
the song of victory shall be brought low by the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jews from captivity .
The "
abominable branch "
is a tree on which a malefactor has been hanged (
Isa .
14 :
19 ).
The "
highest branch "
in Ezek .
17 :
3 represents Jehoiakim the king .
BRANCH .
This is a metaphorical expression ,
which designates ,
in the genealogy of a numerous family ,
a portion of that family which has sprang from the same root or stock ;
these latter expressions ,
like the first ,
are also metaphorical .
2 .
The whole of a genealogy is often called the genealogical tree ;
and sometimes it is made to take the form of a tree ,
which is in the first place divided into as many branches as there are children ,
afterwards into as many branches as there are grand -
children ,
then of great grandchildren , &
c .
If ,
for example ,
it be desired to have a genealogical tree of Peter '
s family ,
Peter will be made the trunk of the tree ;
if he has had two children ,
John and James ,
their names will be written on the first two branches ;
which will themselves shoot out as many smaller branches as John and James have children ;
from these other '
s proceed ,
till the whole family is represented on the tree ;
thus the origin ,
the application ,
and the use of the word branch in genealogy will be at once perceived .
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