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  • [fɔːrk]
  • Derivatives : n  forkful
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

fork [fɔːk]
  1. 1. noun [c] (for eating) 餐叉
  2. 2. noun (for gardening) 耙子
  3. 3. noun (in road,river,railway) 岔路
  4. 4. vi. [road] [ river+] 岔开

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

fork [fɔːrk]
  1. 1. noun [Person Name] 福克
  2. 2. n.[c] 叉,叉子
  3. 3. n.[c] 分叉
  4. 4. n.[c] 分岔处,分岔口
    They took the south fork.
    他们选择向南岔路
  5. 5. n.[c] 耙,耙子
  6. 6. n.[c] 裆,两腿分叉处
  7. 7. vt. 用干草叉拾起
  8. 8. vt. [Chess] 同时进攻对方两颗棋子
  9. 9. vi. 分岔分叉分支
    The road forks.
    道路分叉
  10. 10. vt. 使分叉,使成分叉形
    She forked her fingers.
    她叉开手指

Collins English-English Dictionary

fork [fɔːk]
  1. 1. n a small usually metal implement consisting of two, three, or four long thin prongs on the end of a handle, used for lifting food to the mouth or turning it in cooking, etc
  2. 2. n an agricultural tool consisting of a handle and three or four metal prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc
  3. 3. n a pronged part of any machine, device, etc
  4. 4. n a division into two or more branches
  5. 5. n the point where the division begins
  6. 6. n such a branch
  7. 7. n [chiefly US] the main tributary of a river
  8. 8. n [chess] a position in which two pieces are forked
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to pick up, dig, etc, with a fork
  10. 10. vt. [tr] [chess] to place (two enemy pieces) under attack with one of one's own pieces, esp a knight
  11. 11. vt. [tr] to make into the shape of a fork
  12. 12. vi. [intr] to be divided into two or more branches
  13. 13. vi. to take one or other branch at a fork in a road, river, etc
  14. 14. vi. [Etymology] Old English forca, from Latin furca

Examples

take a left at the fork
遇岔路口向左拐
the tines of a fork
叉子的齿
Chinese people prefer to use chopsticks instead of a knife and fork.
中国人不习惯用刀叉,更喜欢用筷子。
The gardener forgot his plow fork.
花匠忘记拿耙子了。
Should I turn right when I reach the fork in the road?
到了岔路口我该右拐吗?

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