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- fork [fɔrk] [fɔːk]
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1.
noun
叉；餐叉；耙；（干草）叉
- Please pass me a fork.
- 请递给我个叉子。
- The gardener forgot his plow fork.
- 花匠忘记拿耙子了。
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2.
noun
叉状（支撑）物；音叉
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3.
noun
（树木、路、河等的）分叉；分岔
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4.
noun
[American English]
（河、路等的）分岔点，岔口，岔路口
- 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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5.
noun
岔流，支流；岔道
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6.
vi.
分岔，分歧，分支
- where the road forks
- 岔路口
- Let's camp near where the river forks.
- 我们在这条河的分流处宿营吧。
- Fork to the right, not the left!
- 向右转，不是向左！
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7.
vt.
使成叉状，使分叉
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8.
vt.
（用叉）叉，叉起耙
- If you can fork a hole over there, it would be great.
- 如果你能在那儿挖个洞就好了。
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9.
vt.
[chess]
（用马等）同时攻（两棋子）
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1.
noun
叉；餐叉；耙；（干草）叉
Collins English-English Dictionary
- fork [fɔːk]
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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
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2.
n
an agricultural tool consisting of a handle and three or four metal prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc
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3.
n
a pronged part of any machine, device, etc
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4.
n
a division into two or more branches
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5.
n
the point where the division begins
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6.
n
such a branch
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7.
n
[chiefly US]
the main tributary of a river
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8.
n
[chess]
a position in which two pieces are forked
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to pick up, dig, etc, with a fork
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10.
vt.
[tr]
[chess]
to place (two enemy pieces) under attack with one of one's own pieces, esp a knight
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11.
vt.
[tr]
to make into the shape of a fork
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12.
vi.
[intr]
to be divided into two or more branches
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13.
vi.
to take one or other branch at a fork in a road, river, etc
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14.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English forca, from Latin furca
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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
Examples
- a knife and fork
- 一副刀叉 → a
- take a left at the fork
- 遇岔路口向左拐 → left
- the tines of a fork
- 叉子的齿 → tine
- The spoon is right next to the fork.
- 勺子就在叉子的旁边。 → spoon
- 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。 → knife
- Please pass me a fork.
- 请递给我个叉子。 → fork
- The gardener forgot his plow fork.
- 花匠忘记拿耙子了。 → fork
- If you can fork a hole over there, it would be great.
- 如果你能在那儿挖个洞就好了。 → fork
- Should I turn right when I reach the fork in the road?
- 到了岔路口我该右拐吗？ → fork
- Fork to the right, not the left!
- 向右转，不是向左！ → fork
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