[no obj.](formal or technical)form branches or offshoots: spread or branch out (正式或技)分枝,分叉;分支;成枝杈状 an elaborate system of canals was built, ramifying throughout the UK. 已建成完备的运河系统,纵横交错遍布全英国。 ■[with obj.][often as adj. ramified]cause to branch or spread out 使分枝,使分叉;使成分支;使成枝杈状 a ramified genealogical network. 支系蔓生的宗谱网络。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French ramifier, from medieval Latin ramificare, from Latin ramus 'branch'