offshoot 详细解释

offshoot

['ɔ:fʃu:t]

n.分枝, 支派, 衍生物

n.[C]

1. (从树木等主干分出来的)分枝

One of the offshoots of the trunk fell 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。

2. (山脉等的)支脉

3. 支族, 旁系; 支族(或旁系)亲属

An offshoot of the family settled down on the island in the eighteenth century.

这个家族的一支旁系于十八世纪在那个岛上定居下来。

4. 衍生物

The large organization has offshoots all over Europe.

这一大型组织的分支机构遍布欧洲。

词形变化

动词过去式: offset | 动词过去分词: offset | 动词现在分词: offsetting | 动词第三人称单数: offsets |

词义辨析

同义:

n.分支; 副产品

branch  by-product  outgrowth  appendage  supplement  accessory  addition  

同义参见:

fork  runner  excrescence  limb  member  conclusion  

英英释义

名词 offshoot:

a natural consequence of development

同义词：outgrowth, branch, offset

补充

offshootoffshoot英:[ˈɔfʃu:t] 美:[ˈɔfˌʃut, ˈɑf-]n.1.枝条, 枝杈

例句

1. the International Maritime Organisation, an offshoot of the UN作为联合国分支机构的国际海事组织 2. The technology we use is an offshoot of the motor industry.我们使用的这项技术是汽车工业的衍生物。 3. 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。 4. commercial offshoots of universities.各所大学衍生出来的商业性业务或机构。 5. The business started as an offshoot of an established fashion design company.这家公司起步时只是一个知名时装设计公司的分支机构。

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