branch n. 1.(树)枝〔泛指大枝或小枝;bough 特指大枝,也指连花、果折下的枝;limb 指大枝;twig 指小枝〕。 2.支脉;支派;支管;支线;(家族的)支系;【语言学】(语系的)支,族。 3.(学科)分科;部门,支部,分部,分行;分店。 4.〔美国〕支流,小河,小川。 5.【电学】分流;【计算机】转移。 the branchs of a deer's antelers 鹿角的岔枝。 branch road 岔道。 the various branches of learning 各门学科。 the executive branch of the government 政府的行政部门。 an overseas branch 海外分店。 the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family 印欧语系的日耳曼语族。 a party branch 党支部。 root and branch 彻底的[地]。 vi. 1.(树)出枝,开叉。 2.分部,分门;分岔;分支。 The main road branches off to the left. 大道向左分出一条岔路。 Numerous lesser roads branched off from the main highway. 从主要公路上分出无数小道。 vt. 1.使分枝。 2.用枝、叶、花等图案装饰(织物)。 branch forth (树)扩展枝叶;(商店等)扩展分支机构。 branch off [away] (道路等)分叉,岔开。 branch out 1. (树)发枝,长出枝条;(话等)横生枝节。 2. (事业等)扩大规模。 His firm branched out to New York. 他的公司把分支机构扩大到了纽约。
The paper is starting with the developing background of ancient town chengji booming from bazaar in hubei province , analyzes from " one river and two streets " to " two lines and three patch " which is the main feature of it ' s architectural structure , the configuration of the streets which makes the streets along with the river , the structure of street which is one trunk with multi - branch , and also introduces the tianjing architecture with tiandou in this local place 摘要该文从湖北程集古镇商业集市的发展背景入手,到从“一河两街”到“两线三片”的古镇空间结构、街河平行的线性空间布局以及“一主多支”的街巷结构进行了分析,对具有地域性特色的天井天斗式住宅进行了研究。