branch
英 [brɑ?n(t)?]
美[br?nt?]
- vt. 分支；出現(xiàn)分歧
- vi. 分支；出現(xiàn)分歧
- n. 樹枝，分枝；分部；支流
- n. (Branch)人名；(英)布蘭奇
英英釋意
- 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"