/ˈbaɪfəkeɪt/
- divide into two branches or forks（使）分为二支（或枝）, （使）分叉：
no obj. just below Cairo the river bifurcates刚过开罗, 那条河流就分成了两条支流
with obj. the trail was bifurcated by a mountain stream.山里流出的小溪把小径分成两条岔路。
词源
early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin bifurcat- 'divided into two forks', from the verb bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus 'two-forked', from bi- 'having two' + furca 'a fork'.