柯林斯詞典offshoot /??f??u?t/ (offshoots) 1. N-COUNT If one thing is an offshoot of another, it has developed from that other thing. 衍生物; 分支 Psychology began as a purely academic offshoot of natural philosophy. 心理學(xué)形成之初是作為自然哲學(xué)的一個(gè)純學(xué)術(shù)分支。 返回 offshoot劍橋詞典something that has developed from something larger that already existed 分支；分支機(jī)構(gòu) It's an offshoot of a much larger company based in Sydney. 這是總部設(shè)在悉尼的一家規(guī)模更大的公司的分支機(jī)構(gòu)。 返回 offshoot