branch

相關對話：

1. She's leaving the company to branch out on her own.
   她打算脫離這家公司，自己開業。
2. Gynaecology is a branch of medicine.
   婦科學是醫學的一個分科。
3. The road to the village branches off on the right.
   通往該村的道路向右轉為一條小路。
4. Follow the main road until it branches, and then turn to the right.
   順著這條大路走，在路的分岔口向右拐。
5. Mr. Smith works in an executive branch of the government.
   史密斯先生在政府的行政部門工作。

詞型變化：

形容詞:branchless 動詞過去式:branched 過去分詞:branched 現在分詞:branching 第三人稱單數:branches 

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詞意辨析：

branch, limb, bough, shoot

這些名詞均含有“枝”之意。
branch: 普通用詞，泛指樹木比bough小一些的大枝或小枝，也可用於引申意義。
limb: 多指主枝或大枝。
bough: 指主枝或粗大強壯的枝。
shoot: 指植物或灌木剛長出的新枝、嫩枝或嫩芽。英文字典

英文解釋：

名詞 branch:

1. an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：leg, ramification
4. a natural consequence of development
   同義詞：outgrowth, offshoot, offset
5. a stream or river connected to a larger one
6. any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
   同義詞：arm, limb

動詞 branch:

1. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
   同義詞：ramify
2. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
   同義詞：ramify, fork, furcate, separate