divide into two branches or forks (使)分为二支(或枝),(使)分叉 [noobj.]just below Cairo the river bifurcates. 刚过开罗,那条河流就分成了两条支流。 [with obj.]the trail was bifurcated by a mountain stream. 山里流出的小溪把小径分成两条岔路。
adjective
forked; branched 分叉的,分枝的 a bifurcate tree. 一棵分枝的树。
语源
early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin bifurcat- 'divided into two forks', from the verb bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus 'two-forked', from bi- 'having two' + furca 'a fork'