branches

英 [ˈbrɑːntʃɪz]

美 [ˈbræntʃɪz]

n.  树枝; 分支; 分部; 分行; 分店; 政府部门; 分支机构
v.  分开; 分岔
branch的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 树枝
  Thebranchesof a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
• N-COUNT （企业或组织的）分支机构，分部，分店
  Abranch ofa business or other organization is one of the offices, shops, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places.
  1. The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts...
     美国银行在当地的分行正在处理这些账目。
  2. National is Britain's leading autocare service with over 400 branches nationwide.
     英国轮胎与车辆养护公司是英国最有名的汽车养护企业，在全英国有400多家分店。
• N-COUNT (政府或公安机关等的）部门，机构
  Abranch ofan organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function.
  1. Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government...
     参议院的雇员可以向别的政府部门申诉工作问题。
  2. He had a fascination for submarines and joined this branch of the service.
     他对潜艇非常着迷，因此加入了潜艇部队。
  3. ...the Metropolitan Police Special Branch.
     市公安局特别行动处
• N-COUNT （某学科的）分支，分科
  Abranch ofa subject is a part or type of it.
  1. Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.
     各自然科学学科可能都得不到任何拨款。
  2. Oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors.
     肿瘤学是研究肿瘤的医学分支。
• N-COUNT （家族的）分支，支系，旁系
  Abranch ofyour family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person.
  1. This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.
     这是罗斯福家族的一个支系。

双语例句

• The tree has gnarled red branches and deep green leaves.
  这棵树的树枝扭曲多瘤且呈红色，树叶则是深绿色。
• They've torn down wooden fences and broken branches off trees.
  他们拆掉了木栅栏，并砍去了一些树枝。
• A motorboat nosed out of the mist and nudged into the branches of a tree
  一艘摩托艇缓缓驶出薄雾，蹭进一棵树的枝叶中。
• The fruit was so heavy that it weighed the branches down.
  果实重得把树枝都压弯了。
• Whole branches of science may not receive any grants.
  各自然科学学科可能都得不到任何拨款。
• A bank's local market share tends to be divided equally between the local branch and branches located elsewhere
  银行的地方市场份额通常会在当地分行和其他各地分行之间平均分配。
• The branches of the trees are swaying in the wind.
  树枝在风中来回晃悠。
• The tree is so big, you'll have to chop back some of the branches.
  这棵树太大了，你得砍掉一些枝条。
• The river divides here into two branches.
  这条河从这儿分成两条支流。
• The branches bent low with ripened fruits.
  成熟的果实压弯了树枝。