arborescent

a. 树木状的 [医] 树状的

发音

UK /ɑːbəˈɹɛsənt/
其它
US /ɑːɹbəˈɹɛsənt/

词形变化

more arborescent 比较级 most arborescent 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.

  2. 2.

    Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).

    哲学

    Gilles Deleuze criticizes the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages, which he considers a perfect example of arborescent dualistic theory.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 8

arboreal arboreous arboresque arboriform dendriform dendroid dendroidal treelike

近义相关 1

branchy

词源

From Latin arborēscēns, present active participle of arborēscō (“become a tree”). First attested around 1675. The philosophical sense refers to the way genealogy trees are drawn.

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