2012年3月9日 星期五

2012_03_09 furcate \FUR-keyt\, verb:分支branching.分支。

Word of the Day for Friday, March  9, 2012
furcate \FUR-keyt\, verb:
1. To form a fork; branch.
adjective:
1. Forked; branching.
The root systems of an ancient tree seemed to furcate and furrow the surface of his thighs, and where his skin was not covered in dark hair, it was strangely rippled with wild webs of some kind of tissue just beneath the skin.
 -- Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: A Novel
Just focus your attention on the eyes and let your mind furcate as it will.
 -- Patrick Moran, Tsunami Sundog
Furcate is from the Medieval Latin word furcātus which meant "cloven."

1。形成一個;分支

形容詞
1。分叉;分支

一個古老的系統似乎分叉他的大腿表面皮膚黑頭髮覆蓋奇怪的一些組織野生皮下波紋
- 邁克爾·ChabonKavalier及黏土驚人冒險:一種新型的

對眼睛只集中你的注意力讓你的心,因為它分叉
- 帕特里克·莫蘭海嘯Sundog帶來;

分叉這意味著中世紀拉丁字furcātus

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