柯林斯词典offshoot /ˈɒfˌʃuːt/ (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. 心理學形成之初是作爲自然哲學的一個純學術分支。 返回 offshoot剑桥词典something that has developed from something larger that already existed 分支；分支機搆 It's an offshoot of a much larger company based in Sydney. 這是縂部設在悉尼的一家槼模更大的公司的分支機搆。 返回 offshoot