[no obj.](technical or poetic/literary)stretch or spread apart; diverge widely (技,诗/文)伸展;铺开;叉开 her crow's feet are divaricating like deltas. 她的乌鸦般的脚叉开成三角形。
adjective
(Botany)(of a branch) coming off the stem almost at a right angle (植)(树枝)叉开
派生 divarication noun 语源
early 17th cent.: from Latin divaricat- 'stretched apart', from the verb divaricare, from di- (expressing intensive force) + varicare 'stretch the legs apart' (from varicus 'straddling')