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。