ramify

vi. 分枝，分叉；成网状

vt. 使分叉，使分枝；成网状

中文词源

ramify 分支，分叉

来自拉丁语 ramus,树枝，小枝，词源同 root.-fy,使。

ramify: ramify: [16] Ramify has no connection with rams. It comes ultimately from Latin rāmus ‘branch’, which probably goes back to the same source as produced Latin rādīx ‘root’ (ancestor of English radical and radish) and English root. From it was derived the medieval Latin verb rāmificāre, which passed into English via Old French ramifier.
=> radical, radish
ramify (v.): early 15c., "branch out," from Middle French ramifier (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin ramificare "to form branches," from Latin ramus "branch" (see ramus) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Ramified; ramifying.

1. These plants ramify early and get to be very large.: 这些植物很早就分枝,因而可以长得非常大.