1 a small metal object with a handle and two or more points (prongs)that you use for lifting food to your mouth when eating 餐叉;叉子:
a knife and fork一副刀叉
2 a large tool with a handle and three or more points (prongs) that you use for digging the ground 耙:
a garden fork花园里用的耙☞picture at garden 见garden插图
3 a place where a road, river, etc divides into two parts; one of these parts (路、河等的)分岔处;岔道;岔流:
After about two miles you'll come to a fork in the road.你走两英里左右,就会到达一个岔口。
*fork²
/fɔ:k ||; fɔrk/verb[I]
1 (used about a road, river, etc) to divide into two parts (指路、河等)分岔:
Bear right where the road forks at the top of the hill.到了山顶的岔口就向右拐。
2 to go along the left or right fork of a road 沿着岔路(向左或右)走:
Fork right up the hill.到了岔口向右拐上山。
fork out (for sth)(informal 非正式) to pay for sth when you do not want to (不愿意地)付钱:
I forked out over £20 for that book.那本书是我花了20多英镑买下来的。
fork1/fɔrk; fɔːk/n [C] 1 a small tool that you use for picking up and eating food, with a handle and three or four points 餐叉: Put the knives and forks on the table. 把刀叉放在桌子上。2 a tool used for digging and breaking up soil, with a handle and three or four points 耙﹔叉3 a place where a road or river divides into two parts〔道路的〕岔口;〔河流的〕分流处: Turn left at the fork in the road. 岔路口向左拐。
fork2v [I] 1 if a road or river forks, it divides into two parts〔道路或河流〕分岔: The path forked in two directions. 小路分岔通往两个方向。2 fork left/right to go left or right when a road divides into two parts 走左边/右边的岔路: Fork left at the bottom of the hill. 在山脚的岔口向左转。fork out ( sth) also 又作 fork sth overAmE 【美】phr v informal to spend a lot of money【非正式】大量花钱: We had to fork out nearly £300. 我们不得不花了将近 300 英镑。
forkforkforksforkedforkingnoun1a thing with long points at one end, that you use for putting food in your mouth2a large tool with points at one end, that you use for digging the ground3a place where a road or river divides into two parts: When you get to the fork in the road, go left.