fork

英 [fɔːk]

美 [fɔːrk]

n.  餐叉; 叉(挖掘用的园艺工具); (道路、河流等的)分岔处，分流处，岔口，岔路
v.  分岔; 岔开两条分支; 走岔路中的一条; 叉运; 叉掘

复数：forks　过去式：forked　现在分词：forking　过去分词：forked　第三人称单数：forks　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.5592 / COCA.3758

短语动词

短语用例

fork out (for sth)

fork out sth (for/on sth)

• （尤指不情愿地）大量花钱，大把掏钱
  to spend a lot of money on sth, especially unwillingly

牛津词典

noun

• 餐叉
  a tool with a handle and three or four sharp points (called prongs ), used for picking up and eating food
  1. to eat with a knife and fork
     用刀叉吃东西
• 叉（挖掘用的园艺工具）
  a garden tool with a long or short handle and three or four sharp metal points, used for digging
• （道路、河流等的）分岔处，分流处，岔口，岔路
  a place where a road, river, etc. divides into two parts; either of these two parts
  1. Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track.
     快到黄昏时，他们来到一个岔路口，沿着左边的小径走去了。
  2. Take the right fork.
     走右边的岔路。
• 叉状物
  a thing shaped like a fork , with two or more long parts
  1. a jagged fork of lightning
     锯齿状闪电
• （自行车或摩托车的）车叉子
  either of two metal supporting pieces into which a wheel on a bicycle or motorcycle is fitted

verb

• 分岔；岔开两条分支
  to divide into two parts that lead in different directions
  1. The path forks at the bottom of the hill.
     小径在山丘脚下分岔。
  2. The road forks right after the bridge.
     这条路过桥后岔开分成两条。
• 走岔路中的一条
  to turn left or right where a road, etc. divides into two
  1. Fork right after the bridge.
     过桥后走右边那条岔路。
• 叉运；叉掘
  to move, carry or dig sth using a fork
  1. Clear the soil of weeds and fork in plenty of compost.
     清除土中的杂草，然后叉入大量堆肥。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 叉;餐叉
  Aforkis a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
  1. ...knives and forks.
     刀叉
• VERB 用叉子叉
  If youforkfoodintoyour mouth orontoa plate, you put it there using a fork.
  1. Ann forked some fish into her mouth...
     安用叉子叉了点儿鱼肉放进嘴里。
  2. He forked an egg onto a piece of bread and folded it into a sandwich.
     他用叉子叉了个鸡蛋放在面包上，然后把面包片折起做成了三明治。
• 叉，耙(园艺工具)
  A gardenforkis a tool used for breaking up soil which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
• VERB 叉运，叉掘(肥料、干草等)
  If youforksomething such as manure or hay, you move it from one place to another using a large garden fork.
  1. They started me off in the gardens as a handyman. Digging, forking manure, that kind of thing...
     他们让我先在园子里干些杂活，挖土、叉粪肥之类的。
  2. Farmers cut the hay, fork it on to a cart and then store it in barns.
     农夫们割下干草，用叉子把草叉到车上，然后拉到谷仓贮存。
• N-COUNT (道路、河流等的)分岔处，分流处;分岔;岔路
  Aforkin a road, path, or river is a point at which it divides into two parts and forms a 'Y' shape.
  1. We arrived at a fork in the road...
     我们到达了一个岔路口。
  2. The road divides; you should take the right fork.
     路在这里分了岔;你应该走右边一条。
  3. ...the fork of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers.
     特拉华河和利哈伊河的分岔口
• VERB (道路、河流等)分岔
  If a road, path, or riverforks, it forms a fork.
  1. Beyond the village the road forked...
     过了村子之后路分了岔。
  2. The path dipped down to a sort of cove, and then it forked in two directions.
     这条路向下延伸到了一个山坳，然后在那里分了岔。
• See also:Just before the town boundary fork left onto a minor road.tuning fork
• PHRASAL VERB 付钱;大把花钱
  If youfork outforsomething, you spend a lot of money on it.
  1. He will have to fork out for private school fees for Nina...
     他得为尼娜付一大笔私立学校的学费。
  2. You don't ask people to fork out every time they drive up the motorways...
     不能要求人们每次开车上高速公路都要交费。
  3. Britons fork out more than a billion pounds a year on toys.
     英国人每年花在玩具上的钱超过 10 亿英镑。

英英释义

noun

• the act of branching out or dividing into branches
  Synonym:branchingramificationforking
• cutlery used for serving and eating food
• an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging
• the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
  Synonym:crotch
• the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
  1. they took the south fork
  2. he climbed into the crotch of a tree
  Synonym:crotch

verb

• shape like a fork
  1. She forked her fingers
• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
  1. The road forks
  Synonym:branchramifyfurcateseparate
• place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
• lift with a pitchfork
  1. pitchfork hay
  Synonym:pitchfork

双语例句

• They saw him to a fork in the road.
  他们把他送到岔口。
• Farmers cut the hay, fork it on to a cart and then store it in barns.
  农夫们割下干草，用叉子把草叉到车上，然后拉到谷仓贮存。
• Ann forked some fish into her mouth
  安用叉子叉了点儿鱼肉放进嘴里。
• He will have to fork out for private school fees for Nina
  他得为尼娜付一大笔私立学校的学费。
• We arrived at a fork in the road
  我们到达了一个岔路口。
• The path dipped down to a sort of cove, and then it forked in two directions.
  这条路向下延伸到了一个山坳，然后在那里分了岔。
• He stabbed at the omelette with his fork.
  他用叉子戳着煎蛋。
• The road forked in two directions. He had obviously taken the wrong fork.
  道路分岔为两个方向，他显然是走错岔道了。
• A good way to break the habit of eating too quickly is to put your knife and fork down after each mouthful
  改掉吃饭太快的坏习惯有一个好办法，那就是每吃一口就把刀叉放下。
• The spade and fork have longer shafts, providing better leverage.
  锹和耙的手柄较长，可发挥较好的杠杆作用。