| 释义 |
arborize, v.|ˈɑːbəraɪz|
[f. L. arbor tree + -ize: cf. F. arborisé.]
a. trans. To make tree-like, to give the appearance of a tree. Perhaps only in ppl. adj.b. intr. To make tree-like formations.
1847Craig, Arborized, Applied to agates which have the ramified appearance of plants, due to the infiltration of water charged with metallic oxides. 1907Practitioner June 860 Some of the fibres from the posterior nerve-root pass directly into the posterior grey cornu, and arborise around cells at its base. |