brancher

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
  2. A young owl or other raptor that is just too young to fly.
    — “What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus you feed the eyasse with unwashed meat, as if you were gorging the foul brancher of a worthless hoodie-crow, by the mass?[…]”
  3. That which branches, or jumps to another instruction location within a program.
    — None of the brancher instructions have any effect whatsoever on any flags; instead, they are the instructions which look at the flags.

词形变化

branchers plural branchers plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English branch
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English brancher
From branch (verb) + -er.
词源 2
From branch (noun) + -er. So called because of the bird still clinging to the branches while practising flying movements with the wings.
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