fork

noun

/fɔːk/

/fɔːrk/

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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
- with a fork Mash the mixture with a fork.用餐叉捣碎混合料。
see also toasting fork
- He put the knives and forks on the table.他往桌上摆放刀叉。
- She impaled a piece of meat on her fork.她用餐叉叉了一块肉。
Topics Cooking and eatinga2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- toasting
- salad
- plastic
- …
verb + fork
- pick up
- put down
- use
- …
preposition
- on a/the fork
- with a fork
phrases
- a knife and fork
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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 pitchforkTopics Gardensb2
a place where a road, river, etc. divides into two parts; either of these two parts（道路、河流等的）分岔处，分流处，岔口，岔路
- Take the right fork.走右边的岔路。
- 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。
- fork in something Bear left at the fork in the road.在岔路口向左转。
Topics Geographyc1, Transport by car or lorryc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- left
- right
verb + fork
- take
preposition
- at a/the fork
- in fork
- fork in
- …
fork (of something) a thing that is like a fork in shape, with two or more long parts叉状物
- a jagged fork of lightning锯齿状闪电
- a monkey sitting in the fork of the tree一只坐在树杈上的猴子
see also tuning fork
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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

词源Old English forca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca).

fork

verb

/fɔːk/

/fɔːrk/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they fork	/fɔːk/ /fɔːrk/
he / she / it forks	/fɔːks/ /fɔːrks/
past simple forked	/fɔːkt/ /fɔːrkt/
past participle forked	/fɔːkt/ /fɔːrkt/
-ing form forking	/ˈfɔːkɪŋ/ /ˈfɔːrkɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[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 divide 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。
[intransitive] + adv./prep. (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) (of a person人) to turn left or right where a road, etc. divides into two走岔路中的一条
- Fork right after the bridge.过桥后走右边那条岔路。
Topics Transport by car or lorryc1
[transitive] (+ adv./prep.) to move, carry or dig something 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。
- He forked a piece of meat into his mouth.他把一块肉叉进嘴里。
- Fork over the ground before planting.种植前用叉子叉在地上。

词源Old English forca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca).