Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense forks, present participle forking, past tense, past participle forked
1N-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. 叉;餐叉
...knives and forks.
刀叉
2VERB 用叉子叉 If you fork food into your mouth or onto a plate, you put it there using a fork. 用叉子叉
Ann forked some fish into her mouth. [V n + into/onto]
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. [V n + into/onto]
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。
3N-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. 叉,耙(园艺工具)
4VERB 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. 叉运,叉掘(肥料、干草等)
They started me off in the gardens as a handyman. Digging, forking manure, that kind of thing. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun prep.]
农夫们割下干草,用叉子把草叉到车上,然后拉到谷仓贮存。
5N-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. (道路、河流等的)分岔处,分流处;分岔;岔路
We arrived at a fork in the road. [+ in]
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
6VERB [no cont](道路、河流等)分岔 If a road, path, or river forks, it forms a fork. (道路、河流等)分岔
Beyond the village the road forked. [VERB]
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. [VERB prep./adv.]
7VERB 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. 走岔路
Just before the town boundary fork left onto a minor road. [VERB prep./adv.]
1tool for eating吃飯用具ADJECTIVE | VERB + FORK | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤toasting烤叉➤salad (NAmE) 生菜叉▸➤plastic塑料叉VERB + FORK➤pick up拿起餐叉▸➤put down放下餐叉▸➤use使用餐叉PREPOSITION➤on a/the fork在餐叉上◇She impaled a piece of meat on her fork.她用餐叉叉了一塊肉。➤with a fork用餐叉◇Mash the mixture with a fork.用餐叉搗碎混合料。PHRASES➤a knife and fork刀叉◇He put the knives and forks on the table.他往桌上擺放刀叉。fork
noun²
2place where sth divides into two parts分為兩岔的地方ADJECTIVE | VERB + FORK | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤left, right左邊的/右邊的分岔VERB + FORK➤take走岔道◇As you pass the farm, take the right fork of the track up the hill.經過農場時,走右邊上坡的那條小岔道。PREPOSITION➤at a/the fork在岔路口◇Bear left at the fork in the road.在岔路口向左轉。➤in fork在⋯的分岔◇a monkey sitting in the fork of the tree一隻坐在樹杈上的猴子➤fork in⋯的分岔◇a fork in the road馬路的一條岔道