offshoot
英['ɒfʃuːt]
美['ɔfʃut]
词态变化
复数: offshoots;中文词源
offshoot 树枝分支，分支机构off,离开，shoot,枝，嫩枝。比喻用法。
英文词源
- offshoot (n.)
- 1670s, in figurative sense, of family trees; 1801 in general sense of "a derivative;" 1814 in literal sense, in reference to plants. From off + shoot (n.).
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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%。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Vector is a useless survival, or offshoot from quaternions.
- 向量是无用的幸存物或四元数的无价值的支流.
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The company was originally an offshoot of Bell Telephones.
- 这家公司曾经是贝尔的分支机构.
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