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a part of a tree that grows out from the main stem and on which leaves, flowers and fruit grow 树枝 She climbed the tree and hid in the branches. 她爬上树,藏在树枝里。 the bare branches of a tree in winter 冬天光秃秃的树枝
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- top
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a local office or shop belonging to a large company or organization 分支;分部;分行;分店 The bank has branches all over the country. 那家银行在全国各地设有分行。 Our New York branch is dealing with the matter. 我们的纽约分部正在处理这件事。 The store is opening more local branches. 这家商店在当地增开分店。 He has been named assistant branch manager at a new branch of the bank. 他被任命为银行新分行的分行副经理。 the Post Office announced plans to close another branch. 邮局宣布计划关闭另一个分支机构。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
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a part of a government or other large organization that deals with one particular aspect of its work synonym department政府部门;分支机构 Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch swung into action. 苏格兰场的反恐部门立即行动起来。 The idea was so popular, other branches of government copied it. 这个想法非常受欢迎,政府的其他部门也纷纷效仿。 She was national branch secretary of the union. 她是工会的全国支部书记。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
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a division of an area of knowledge or a group of languages (学科及语言的)分支 the branch of computer science known as ‘artificial intelligence’ 计算机科学中的所谓 “人工智能” 分科
Extra ExamplesQuantum analysis is a branch of statistics. 量子分析是统计学的一个分支。 The aim is to bring together researchers from different branches of geography. 目的在于将地理学科不同分支的研究人员聚集到一起。
a smaller or less important part of a river, road, railway, etc. that leads away from the main part 支流;支路;支线 a branch of the Rhine 莱茵河的支流 a branch line (= a small line off a main railway line, often in country areas) 铁路支线
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a group of members of a family who all have the same ancestors Topics Family and relationshipsc1家族分支
of tree树
of company公司
of government政府
of knowledge知识
of river/road河;路
of family家庭
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French branche, from late Latin branca ‘paw’.