| 释义 |
rebranch, v.|riːˈbrɑːnʃ, -æ-|
[f. re- 5 a.]
intr. To ramify; to branch again. Hence reˈbranching vbl. n.
1888J. Le Conte Evolution i. i. 14 A growing tree branches and again branches in all directions... Even so the tree of life, by the law of differentiation, branches and rebranches continually. 1895W. H. Hudson Introd. Philos. H. Spencer i. 19 That doctrine of the gradual branching and rebranching of species..went somewhat vaguely by the name of the development hypothesis. 1935Huxley & Haddon We Europeans v. 161 Evolutionary branches may..unite again after they have diverged and then either rebranch or remain united. |