fork
noun [ C ] uk/fɔːk/ us/fɔːrk/
(FOOD)
A2 餐叉
a small object with three or four points and a handle, that you use to pick up food and eat with
a knife and fork 一副刀叉
- More examples
- She prodded the cake with her fork to see if it was cooked.
- Prick the skin of the potatoes with a fork before baking them.
- You'll find the knives and forks in the left-hand drawer.
- He prodded at the fish with his fork a few times, but he didn't eat a mouthful.
- Your table manners are appalling - don't you know how to use a knife and fork?
(GARDEN)
叉;耙
a tool with a long handle and three or four points, used for digging and breaking soil into pieces
a garden fork 园艺用叉
(DIVISION)
（公路、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, or either of those two parts
When you reach a fork in the road turn right. 到了岔路口走右边那条路。
Take the left-hand fork. 走左岔路
fork
verb uk/fɔːk/ us/fɔːrk/
(DIVIDE)
[ I ]（公路或河流）分岔
If a road or river forks, it divides into two parts.
The hotel is near where the road forks. 旅馆在马路的岔口附近。
[ I + adv/prep ] UK走岔路中的一条
to turn in one of two different directions
Fork left/right where the road divides. 在岔路口走左边／右边那条路。
(GARDEN)
[ T ]叉运;叉起;用叉挖
to move or dig something with a fork
Phrasal verbs
fork out sth （尤指不情愿地）付钱
to pay an amount of money, especially unwillingly
I forked out ten quid for/on the ticket. 我不情愿地掏了10英镑买票。
UK I couldn't persuade him to fork out for a new one. 我无法劝服他花钱再买个新的。
fork over/up something （尤指不情愿地）给，交出（尤指钱）
to give something, especially money to someone, especially when you do not want to
We had to fork over ten bucks to park near the stadium. 我们不得不付了10美元以在体育馆附近停车。
Hey, that's mine. Fork it over! 嘿，那是我的。交出来！