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

• 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 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。
• The new Freedom and Justice Party, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, says the1979 treaty should be "revised".
  新自由公平党作为穆斯林兄弟会中别树一帜的团体，在发言中称戴维营条约如今需要“修改”。
• When last seen in his own film Captain America: The First Avenger ( 2011), Captain America, also known as US Army officer Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans), had just dispatched the evil Nazi offshoot Hydra, only to then be frozen in ice.
  在2011年上映的前作《美国队长》中，外号美国队长的美国军官史蒂夫罗杰斯（克里斯埃文斯饰）阻止了邪恶的纳粹党九头蛇军团，但是本人也因此被冰封。
• The overseas edition of the People's Daily is a smaller offshoot of the domestic edition.
  人民日报的海外版是国内版的一个小分支。
• The additional security needs are an offshoot of application-specific cloud characteristics, therefore this can be implemented without impacting the rest of the functionality and code.
  额外的安全性需求是与应用程序相关的云特征的一种分支，因此它可以在不影响其余功能和代码的前提下实现。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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%。