branch off
branch off — phrasal verb
- branch offbase form
- branches off3rd person singular
- branching off-ing form
- branched offpast simple
1. When a road, path, or river branches off, it stops following the main route and
When a road, path, or river branches off, it stops following the main route and heads away on its own course.
A narrow path branches off from the main trail near the old oak tree.
branch off from + location
The highway branches off into two smaller roads just past Millbrook.
About three kilometres downstream, the river branches off to the east.
The railway line branches off from the main track just north of Harlow station.
- merge
the opposite action — two roads or rivers join together instead of splitting
文法句型
branch off
branch off from [road/path]
branch off into [branches]
2. When driving, if you branch off, you leave the main road you are on and go onto
When driving, if you branch off, you leave the main road you are on and go onto a smaller road that leads somewhere different.
Ari branched off the motorway at exit 14 to find a petrol station.
branch off + [road] at [exit]
Nkechi branched off onto a dirt road to reach her grandmother's farm.
branch off onto [smaller road]
The delivery driver branched off the main road to avoid the traffic jam.
Sari branched off the coastal highway to explore a fishing village she had heard about.
- turn off
more common in everyday speech; less specific about road size
- join
the opposite action — going from a smaller road onto a main road
文法句型
branch off [road]
branch off onto [smaller road]
branch off at [exit/place]
用法筆記
The driver or vehicle is the grammatical subject of this sense. In sense 1, the road or path itself is the subject.