【branch音标】 英[brɑ:ntʃ] 美[bræntʃ]
【单词释义】 branch是什么意思：
n.树枝；分支；部门，分科；支流
vi.分支形成；分支扩张；扩大某人的兴趣，业务或活动范围；[计]下分支的指令
vt.使分支；使分叉；用枝形叶脉刺绣花纹装饰
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] branches [第三人称单数] branches
[单词现在分词] branching
[单词过去式] branched
[单词过去分词] branched
【branch形近词/近似词】
stanch v.止血；使不漏；停止流出 adj.坚固的；坚定的；不漏水的
ranch n.大牧场，大农场 v.经营牧场；在牧场工作；在牧场饲养…
blanch vt.使变白；漂白；发白 adj.漂白的；银白色的
【单词例句】
◇ Before he knew where he was, he found himself in a large garden with the apple trees were in full blossom. And the air was scentedly with lilacs, the long branches of which overhung the indented shores of the lake.
他不知不觉地已经飞进了一座大花园。这儿苹果树开满了花；空气里飘着丁香怡人的香气，一根长长的枝条垂到弯弯曲曲的湖岸边。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ Thousands of tapers were burning upon the green branches, and colored pictures, like those she had seen in the show-windows, looked down upon it all.
这株树的绿枝上点燃着许许多多的蜡烛，颜色瑰丽的图画，就象橱窗里挂着的那些一样漂亮，仿佛在向她眨眼。
◇ "Sorry, but I don't have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house." So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.
“很遗憾，我没有房子。但是，你可以砍下我的树枝来建房。”树说。因此，男孩砍下所有的树枝，高高兴兴地离开了。
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ They came to the meadow, and there lay the wolf by the tree, snoring so loudly that the branches shook.
当它们来到草地上时，狼还躺在大树下睡觉，呼噜声震得树枝直抖。