fork
- n.叉(挖掘用的园艺工具);餐叉;岔路;叉状物;(道路、河流等的)分岔处;车叉子
- v.分岔;叉运;岔开两条分支;走岔路中的一条;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
forknoun
餐叉
a tool with a handle and three or four sharp points (called prongs ), used for picking up and eating food
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
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。
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
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
The path forks at the bottom of the hill.
小径在山丘脚下分岔。
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
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
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。
（尤指不情愿地）大量花钱，大把掏钱
to spend a lot of money on sth, especially unwillingly
Why fork out for a taxi when there's a perfectly good bus service?
有挺好的公共汽车，干吗要多掏钱坐出租汽车？
We've forked out a small fortune on their education.
我们在他们的教育上可花了不少钱。
fork
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N-COUNT 叉;餐叉
A fork is a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end....knives and forks.
刀叉
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VERB 用叉子叉
If you fork food into your mouth or onto a plate, you put it there using a fork.Ann forked some fish into her mouth...
安用叉子叉了点儿鱼肉放进嘴里。
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N-COUNT 叉，耙(园艺工具)
A garden fork is a tool used for breaking up soil which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end. -
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VERB 叉运，叉掘(肥料、干草等)
If you fork something such as manure or hay, you move it from one place to another using a large garden fork.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。
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N-COUNT (道路、河流等的)分岔处，分流处;分岔;岔路
A fork in a road, path, or river is a point at which it divides into two parts and forms a 'Y' shape.We arrived at a fork in the road...
我们到达了一个岔路口。
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VERB (道路、河流等)分岔
If a road, path, or river forks, it forms a fork.Beyond the village the road forked...
过了村子之后路分了岔。
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VERB 走岔路
If you fork in a particular direction when you are travelling along a road or path, you choose one of the forks in it and travel down it.Just before the town boundary fork left onto a minor road.
快到城镇边界时要走岔路的左边一条小路。
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PHRASAL VERB 付钱;大把花钱
If you fork out for something, you spend a lot of money on it.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。
noun
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- the act of branching out or dividing into branches
- Synonym: branching ramification forking
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- cutlery used for serving and eating food
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- an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging;has a handle and metal prongs
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- the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
- Synonym: crotch
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- the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
- they took the south fork
- he climbed into the crotch of a tree
- Synonym: crotch
verb
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- shape like a fork
- She forked her fingers
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- divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
- The road forks
- Synonym: branch ramify furcate separate
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- place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
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- lift with a pitchfork
- pitchfork hay
- Synonym: pitchfork
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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。
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He is still awkward with a knife and fork and drops food at each meal .
他用起来刀和叉仍然笨手笨脚，每餐都毁掉饭菜。
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When you get to the fork in the road , bear right .
走到岔道时向右拐。
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We 've forked out a small fortune on their education .
我们在他们的教育上可花了不少钱。
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The road forks right after the bridge .
这条路过桥后岔开分成两条。
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We 've forked out a small fortune on home improvements over the years .
这些年来我们花了许多钱做房屋装修。
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Take the right fork .
走右边的岔路。
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Why fork out for a taxi when there 's a perfectly good bus service ?
有挺好的公共汽车，干吗要多掏钱坐出租汽车？
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Fork right after the bridge .
过桥后走右边那条岔路。
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The path forks at the bottom of the hill .
小径在山丘脚下分岔。
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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。
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She stabbed the air with her fork .
她用叉子在空中比画。
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Mash the fruit up with a fork .
用叉子将水果捣碎。
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She impaled a lump of meat on her fork .
她用叉子戳起一块肉。
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He poked at the spaghetti with a fork .
他用叉子拨弄着面条。
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She speared an olive with her fork .
她用叉子扎起一个橄榄。
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The road divides ; you should take the right fork .
路在这里分了岔；你应该走右边一条。
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Just before the town boundary fork left onto a minor road .
快到城镇边界时要走岔路的左边一条小路。
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Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates
用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4个盘里。
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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。
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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。
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She laid down her knife and fork and pushed her plate away .
她放下刀叉，推开盘子。
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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。
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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。
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We arrived at a fork in the road
我们到达了一个岔路口。
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The only sound is that of knives and forks scraping against china
只听见刀叉摩擦瓷器的刺耳声。
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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。
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Pierce the skin of the potato with a fork .
用叉子扎破土豆皮。
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Beyond the village the road forked
过了村子之后路分了岔。
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The black sky was illuminated by forked lightning .
叉状的闪电照亮了黑沉沉的天空。
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