branch

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【释义】：

n．❶ (树)枝．❷ 支脉，支流，支线，分店，分部：a general Party branch党总支．a branch bank分行．a branch line支线．a branch road岔路．a branch school分校．❸ 分科，部门：every branch of work每一种局部工作．the most advanced branch of science尖端科学．branch·y a．枝多的，枝密的．－vi．❶ 分枝，分岔：The road branches here．这条路在这里岔开．branch forth扩展枝叶．branch off(or away)分岔．❷ 分部．

△branch out 1)发枝．2)(话的)横生枝节．3)扩大规模．