從側邊長出去的一枝
兩層用的是同一個畫面，差別只在長出來的是植物的枝，還是一個組織、一種風格。
noun · B2
A new stem or branch that grows out from the side of a plant's main stem.
側枝；新長出來的嫩枝
核心畫面
Picture a new green stem pushing out from the side of a plant. It is still joined to the main stem and still fed by it, but it is heading off on its own line, and a gardener can cut it away and grow a whole plant from it. Both uses on this page are that one picture: something that came out of a bigger thing and now grows in its own direction.
可以想成一根新的綠枝從植物的側邊冒出來。它還連在主幹上，養分也還從主幹來，可是它已經往自己的方向長，而且園丁把它剪下…更多收起
可以想成一根新的綠枝從植物的側邊冒出來。它還連在主幹上，養分也還從主幹來，可是它已經往自己的方向長，而且園丁把它剪下來種，它能長成完整的一株。這一頁的兩個用法就是同一個畫面：從一個更大的東西長出來，現在往自己的方向走。From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary entry gives the word as off- plus shoot, with shoot itself going back through Middle English schoten to Old English sceotan. The parts still say exactly what the word means: a shoot that goes off to the side.
封包裡的 Wiktionary 記錄說，offshoot 由 off- 加 shoot 組成，而 shoot 可以一路追到中古英文 schoten、古英文 sċēotan。這個字的組成到今天還是直接說出它的意思：往旁邊長出去的一枝。
Wiktionary entry supplied in packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:655058729, etymology_text: From off- + shoot.
One branch