bifurcates是什么意思？

bifurcates

• n. （指道路、河流、树枝等）分岔，分成两支( bifurcate的名词复数 )，使分枝，使分叉，分叉的；
• v. （指道路、河流、树枝等）分岔，分成两支( bifurcate的第三人称单数 )，使分枝，使分叉；

例句

• The stream bifurcates into two narrow winding channels. 那条小溪分成两股窄而弯曲的支流.
• 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。

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。