n.[C]

1. （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。

2. （山脈等的）支脈
3. 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。

4. 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。

n.

1. a side shoot on a plant.
2. a thing that develops from something else.