furcate

英 ['fɜːkeɪt; fɜː'keɪt] 美['fɝkɪt]
英英释义
近义词forked
  • adj. 叉形的;分叉的
  • vi. 分叉;分岐

词态变化


第三人称单数: furcates;过去式: furcated;过去分词: furcated;现在分词: furcating;

英英释意


1. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;
"The road forks"

英文词源


furcate (adj.)
"forked, branching like the prongs of a fork," 1819, from Medieval Latin furcatus, from Latin furca "a two-pronged fork" (see fork (n.)). As a verb, from 1828 (implied in furcated).