He pruned the longer branches off the tree.

他把较长的树枝剪掉了。

《牛津词典》

The tree fell slowly, its branches caught in those of its neighbours.

这棵树慢慢地倒下，枝杈和旁边的树交错在一起了。

《牛津词典》

A motorboat nosed out of the mist and nudged into the branches of a tree.

一艘摩托艇缓缓地驶出薄雾，轻触上一棵树的枝条。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Also prune branches growing toward the ground, high branches growing straight up and shoots growing from the base of the tree.

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I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again.

我真想去爬白桦树，沿着雪白的树干，爬上乌黑的树枝，爬向那天心，直到树身再支撑不住，树梢碰着地，把我放下来。

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You have n branches on the tree and you count the number of leaves and sum them up.

一共有n根树枝,你数了叶子的数量然后把他们加起来

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White trash trucks slowly approached the piles of tree branches that had been cordoned off by yellow plastic ribbon.

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