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 Tehran, the ideology of the president and his allies is increasingly being denounced as that of a sect – a heretical offshoot of Shia Islam dubbed by some the deviant current.
在德黑兰，内贾德及其盟友的思想日益被某些反潮流人士指责为什叶派穆斯林异端分支的宗教邪说。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Chronologically, RABS emerged more or less as an offshoot of efforts to implement isolator technology in the mid-1990s.
按年份上看，在1990年中期，RABS或多或少出现了作为一个分支来努力应用隔离器技术。
An unexpected offshoot of my research
从我研究工作中所得的意想不到的产物
Meanwhile, government public relation as an offshoot also has tighter relations with public policy.
同时，作为分支体系的政府公关则与公共政策联系更为密切。
There was fire in her and throughout her; she seemed the unpremeditated offshoot of a passionate moment.
她浑身上下有一团火，向四下发散着，象是在激情时刻不期而孕的一个子嗣。
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。