offshoot

英 [ˈɒfʃuːt]

美 [ˈɔːfʃuːt]

n.  分支; (尤指)分支机构; 蘗枝; 分枝

复数：offshoots　

Collins.1 / BNC.15029 / COCA.17418

牛津词典

noun

• 分支；（尤指）分支机构
  a thing that develops from sth, especially a small organization that develops from a larger one
• 蘗枝；分枝
  a new stem that grows on a plant

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 分支；衍生物
  If one thing is anoffshootof another, it has developed from that other thing.
  1. Psychology began as a purely academic offshoot of natural philosophy...
     心理学最初是自然哲学一个纯粹的学术分支。
  2. Firstdirect, Midland Bank's telephone banking offshoot, has cut its Visa card rate to APR 22.2%.
     米特兰银行的分支机构，“第一自助”电话银行，将维萨卡的年利率降至22.2%。

英英释义

noun

• a natural consequence of development
  Synonym:outgrowthbranchoffset

双语例句

• Meanwhile, government public relation as an offshoot also has tighter relations with public policy.
  同时，作为分支体系的政府公关则与公共政策联系更为密切。
• Firstdirect, Midland Bank's telephone banking offshoot, has cut its Visa card rate to APR 22.2%.
  米特兰银行的分支机构，“第一自助”电话银行，将维萨卡的年利率降至22.2%。
• Afrikaans is an offshoot of dutch.
  南非荷兰语是荷兰语的一个分支。
• The Funiu Mountains are an offshoot of the Qinling Mountain range.
  伏牛山是秦岭的支脉。
• The Gulf is a shal-low offshoot of the Indian ocean.
  波斯湾是从印度洋延伸出来的一个浅水湾。
• Chronologically, RABS emerged more or less as an offshoot of efforts to implement isolator technology in the mid-1990s.
  按年份上看，在1990年中期，RABS或多或少出现了作为一个分支来努力应用隔离器技术。
• An unexpected offshoot of my research
  从我研究工作中所得的意想不到的产物
• Sharding, an offshoot of database partitioning, isn't a native database technique& it happens at the level of the application.
  切分是数据库分区的一个分支，但是它不是本地数据库技术&切分发生在应用程序级别。
• One of the offshoot of the trunk fall from high under the weight of the snow
  树干上的一个分枝在雪的重压下折断从高处掉了下来
• In fact, one offshoot of the universe has already become reality.
  实际上，这个世界中提到的一点已经变成了现实。