divaricate

vi. 分为两叉, 叉开 a. 分叉的, 叉开的

发音

/daɪˈvæɹɪkeɪt/

词形变化

divaricated divaricates 三单 divaricates divaricating divaricating 现在分词 divaricated 过去式 divaricated 过去分词 more divaricate 比较级 most divaricate 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.

    及物/不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having wide angles between the branches.

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

动词

上位词 5

open spread unfold diverge spread out

词源

The verb is first attested in 1623, the adjective in 1788; borrowed from Latin dīvāricātus, perfect passive participle of dīvāricō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dis- + vāricō (“to straddle, to stretch (the legs) apart”), from vāricus (“straddling”).

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