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This flashcard defines the word "fork" with multiple meanings and uses. As a noun, it refers to an eating utensil with prongs, a garden digging tool, or a point where a road/river divides. As a verb, it means to use a fork to move food, for roads/rivers to divide, or to choose a path at a fork. It also covers the phrasal verb "fork out" meaning to spend a lot of money.

This flashcard defines the word "fork" with multiple meanings and uses. As a noun, it can refer to an eating utensil with prongs, a garden tool for digging, or a point where a road or river divides. As a verb, it means to use a fork to move food, to divide into two parts (for roads or rivers), or to choose one path at a fork. It also includes the phrasal verb "fork out" which means to spend a lot of money.

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/fɔ͟ː(r)k/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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 动词]用叉子叉 If you fork food into your mouth or onto a plate, you put it there using a fork.
  [V n into/onto n]
  • Ann forked some fish into her mouth...

    安用叉子叉了点儿鱼肉放进嘴里。

  • 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。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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 动词]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.
      [V n]
      [V n prep]
    • 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。

    • 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。

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    [N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
      [usu with supp]
    • We arrived at a fork in the road...

      我们到达了一个岔路口。

    • The road divides; you should take the right fork.

      路在这里分了岔;你应该走右边一条。

    • ...the fork of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers.

      特拉华河和利哈伊河的分岔口

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    [VERB 动词](道路、河流等)分岔 If a road, path, or river forks, it forms a fork.
      [V]
      [V prep/adv]
      [no cont]
    • Beyond the village the road forked...

      过了村子之后路分了岔。

    • 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。

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    [VERB 动词]See also:
    tuning fork
    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.
      [V prep/adv]
    • 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 短语动词]付钱;大把花钱 If you fork out for something, you spend a lot of money on it.
      [V P for/on n]
      [V P]
      [V P n for/on n]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • 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。

    • 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。

    • 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。

    相关词组:
    fork out

    Oxford fork / fɔːk ; NAmE fɔːrk /
    noun
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    verb
    fork forks forked forking
    noun _cutlery_diningroom_comp.jpg _fork.jpg 1 a tool with a handle and three or four sharp points (called
    prongs
    ), used for picking up and eating food 餐叉
    to eat with a knife and fork 用刀叉吃东西
    2 a garden tool with a long or short handle and three or four sharp metal points, used for digging 叉(挖掘用的园艺工具) see also
    pitchfork
    3 a place where a road, river, etc. spanides into two parts; either of these two parts (道路、河流等的)分岔处,分流处,岔口,岔路 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。 4 a thing shaped like a fork,with two or more long parts 叉状物 a jagged fork of lightning 锯齿状闪电 see also
    tuning fork
    5 either of two metal supporting pieces into which a wheel on a bicycle or motorcycle is fitted (自行车或摩托车的)车叉子
    verb 1 [intransitive ] ( not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) (+ adv./prep.) (of a road, river, etc. 道路、河流等 ) to spanide into two parts that lead in different directions 分岔;岔开两条分支 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。 2 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. ( not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) (of a person ) to turn left or right where a road, etc. spanides into two 走岔路中的一条 Fork right after the bridge. 过桥后走右边那条岔路。 3 [transitive ] (+ adv./prep.) to move, carry or dig sth using a fork 叉运;叉掘 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。 PHRASAL VERB ˌfork ˈout (for sth) | ˌfork ˈout sth (for/on sth) ( informal) to spend a lot of money on sth, especially unwillingly (尤指不情愿地)大量花钱,大把掏钱 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 / fɔːk ; NAmE fɔːrk /
    LDC
    fork1 noun
    fork2 verb
    forkfork1 /fɔːk $ fɔːrk/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]
    Word Origin
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    Phrases
    1fork (1)a tool you use for picking up and eating food, with a handle and three or four points:  Put the knives and forks on the table.2a garden tool used for digging, with a handle and three or four points
    pitchfork1
    3a place where a road, river, or tree divides into two parts, or one of the parts it divides into:  the north fork of the Sacramento river Take the left fork then go straight on.4 fork of lightning a sudden flash of lightning with two or more lines of light5one of the two metal bars between which the front wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle is fixed
    tuning fork
    fork1 noun
    fork2 verb
    forkfork2 verb
    Verb Table
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    Phrases
    1 (also fork off) [intransitive] if a road, river etc forks, it divides into two partsdivide, split:  The path forked off in two directions.2fork (off) left/right to go left or right when a road divides into two parts SYN  turn:  Fork left at the bottom of the hill.3[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put food into your mouth or onto a plate using a forkfork something into/onto etc something He forked some bacon into his mouth.4[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put manure into soil or to move soil around using a large garden forkfork something in/over etc In November, the soil should be forked over.fork out (something) phrasal verb informal to spend a lot of money on something, not because you want to but because you have tofork out for/on I had to fork out £600 on my car when I had it serviced. We don’t want to have to fork out for an expensive meal.fork something ↔ over phrasal verb especially American English informal to give money to someone or something, or spend money on something:  The arena won’t be finished until private donors fork over more money.
    WDF

    fork

    [fɔ:k]forked, forking, forks

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    叉(89%),分叉(8%),叉状物(1%),用叉叉起(1%),使成叉形(1%)
    n.叉;餐叉;耙
    vt.叉起;使成叉状
    vi.分叉;分歧
    n.(Fork)人名;(英、德)福克

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