是可数名词。
它的复数形式是branches。
作为名词的意思为:1.树枝;分枝
2.旁系;支流;支脉
3.分部;分行
4.(语系的)分支;分科
例句:①Curves running from the origin to infinity may serve as branch cuts.
从原点至无穷远处的曲线起分支割痕的作用。
②We have twenty branches abroad, and we've recently opened a new one in Bangkok.
我们在海外有二十家分公司,最近在曼谷新开了一家。