bifurcate

bifurcate
verb
  1. 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
  1. forked; branched
    分叉的,分枝的
    a bifurcate tree.
    一棵分枝的树。
语源
  1. 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'
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