- offshoot的名詞複數
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offshoot
n.[C]
- (從樹木等主幹分出來的)分枝One of the offshoots of the trunk fell from high under the weight of the snow.
樹幹上的一個分枝在雪的重壓下折斷從高處掉了下來。
- (山脈等的)支脈
- 支族,旁系;支族(或旁系)親屬An offshoot of the family settled down on the island in the eighteenth century.
這個家族的一支旁系於十八世紀在那個島上定居下來。
According to history, your family clan was but a small offshoot of mine.根據歷史,你的家族不過是我的家族的一個小分支。
- 衍生物The large organization has offshoots all over Europe.
這一大型組織的分支機構遍布歐洲。