资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Branch \Branch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Branching}.]
   1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches;
      to ramify.

   2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

   {To branch off}, to form a branch or a separate part; to
      diverge.

   {To branch out}, to speak diffusively; to extend one's
      discourse to other topics than the main one; also, to
      enlarge the scope of one's business, etc.

            To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator.