branch off

IPA/bɹˈantʃ ˈɒf/
IPA/bɹˈæntʃ ˈɔf/

branch off — 片語動詞

  • 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

1.片語動詞不及物B1
釋義

分支；分岔

道路或河流從主線分出

When a road, path, or river branches off, it stops following the main route and heads away on its own course.

例句

A narrow path branches off from the main trail near the old oak tree.

一條狹窄的小徑在老橡樹附近從主步道分支出去。

branch off from + location

The highway branches off into two smaller roads just past Millbrook.

這條高速公路過了 Millbrook 之後分岔成兩條較小的道路。

同義詞
  • diverge

    more formal; used in both literal and figurative contexts

  • fork

    specifically describes a road splitting into two separate routes

反義詞
  • 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

2.片語動詞不及物B1
釋義

轉入；岔開

離開主路駛入小路

When driving, if you branch off, you leave the main road you are on and go onto a smaller road that leads somewhere different.

例句

Ari branched off the motorway at exit 14 to find a petrol station.

Ari 在第十四號出口駛離高速公路去找加油站。

branch off + [road] at [exit]

Nkechi branched off onto a dirt road to reach her grandmother's farm.

Nkechi 轉入一條泥土路，前往她祖母的農場。

branch off onto [smaller road]

同義詞
  • turn off

    more common in everyday speech; less specific about road size

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

❌The car branched off the highway at exit 8.
✅Ari branched off the highway at exit 8.
💡This sense typically requires a person as the subject, not a vehicle.