bifurcated是什么意思？

bifurcated

英['baɪfɜ:keɪtɪd] 美[baɪ'fɜkɪtɪd]

• adj. 分为两部分；
• v. （指道路、河流、树枝等）分岔，分成两支( bifurcate的过去式和过去分词 )，使分枝，使分叉；

例句

• The bifurcated pipe of the TGP lock emptying culvert is a reinforced concrete framed structure. 三峡永久船闸泄水分岔管是钢筋混凝土框架式结构.
• Tourist Attractions: Stone Forest Nature Reserve is bifurcated. 旅游景点: 则岔石林自然保护区.
• Over the past 15 years the marketplace for art books has bifurcated. 过去15年里,卖艺术类书籍的市场逐渐分化.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  （使）分叉；（使）分成两支
  If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
  例句
  The blood supply bifurcates between eight and thirty times before reaching each particular location in the body. 血液要分流8到30次才能到达身体的各个部位。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. divided into or made up of two parts;
  "socially bifurcated populations"