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

• 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。
• However, we want to spend a bit more time on star schema optimizer support, which is an offshoot of XPS.
  然而，我们需要花点时间在星型模式优化器支持上，这是XPS的一个分支。
• There are some beneath the Aegean Sea, and some beneath an offshoot of the Atlantic, and some beneath the Arctic, for the world had a different shape.
  有些在爱琴海底，有些在大西洋中，有些在北极之下，因为世界的面貌早已改变。
• 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。
• The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
  象树枝或叶柄的分支与轴之间的上角。
• Felix, though an offshoot from a far more recent point in the devolution of theology than his father, was less self-sacrificing and disinterested.
  在神学的发展变化中，虽然费利克斯和他的父亲相比是更新的一支的产物，但是却缺少了父亲的牺牲精神，多了自私自利的特点。
• The offshoot is that the discipline of estimation is failing to keep pace with the growing complexity of projects, tools, and techniques.
  还有一个问题是随着项目、工具和技术的复杂度的增长，评估方法无法跟上它们的发展。
• 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。
• The first Christians were known as the Nazoreans ( not to be confused with Nazarenes), and the Ebionites were a direct offshoot from them.
  最初的基督徒称为Nazoreans（注意不要与Nazarenes混淆），Ebionites即是他们的支脉。
• An unexpected offshoot of my research
  从我研究工作中所得的意想不到的产物