fork

• n. 叉；餐叉；耙
• vt. 叉起；使成叉状
• vi. 分叉；分歧
• n. (Fork)人名；(英、德)福克

来自拉丁语furca, 叉，叉子，词源同bifurcate,furcate.

1. cutlery used for serving and eating food

2. the act of branching out or dividing into branches

3. a part of a forked or branching shape;

"he broke off one of the branches"

"they took the south fork"

4. an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs

5. the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

fork

fork: [OE] Fork comes from Latin furca, a word of unknown origin which denoted ‘two-pronged fork or stake’. It provided most of the Romance and Celtic languages with their terms for ‘fork’, as well as English (French fourche, for instance, Italian forca, Spanish horca, Welsh fforch, and Breton forc’h). The term was not widely used for ‘table forks’ until they came into general use, from Italy, in the 15th and 16th centuries; several languages have used diminutive forms in this context, such as French fourchette and Romanian furculita. Bifurcate [17] is a derivative, descended from Latin bifurcus ‘twopronged’.
=> bifurcate, carfax

fork (n.)

Old English forca, force "pitchfork, forked instrument, forked weapon," from a Germanic borrowing (Old Frisian forke, Dutch vork, Old Norse forkr, Danish fork) of Latin furca "pitchfork; fork used in cooking," a word of uncertain origin. Old English also had forcel "pitchfork." From c. 1200 as "forked stake or post" (as a gallows or prop).

Table forks are said to have been not used among the nobility in England until 15c. and not common until early 17c. The word is first attested in this sense in English in an inventory from 1430, probably from Old North French forque (Old French furche, Modern French fourche), from the Latin word. Of rivers, from 1753; of roads, from 1839. As a bicycle part from 1871. As a chess attack on two pieces simultaneously by one (usually a knight), it dates from 1650s. In old slang, forks "the two forefingers" is from 1812.

fork (v.)

early 14c., "to divide in branches, go separate ways," also "disagree, be inconsistent," from fork (n.). Transitive meaning "raise or pitch with a fork" is from 1812. Related: Forked; forking. The slang verb phrase fork (something) over is from 1839 (fork out) "give over" is from 1831). Forking (n.) in the forensic sense "disagreement among witnesses" is from c. 1400.

to eat with a knife and fork

用刀叉吃东西

牛津词典

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了。

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Take the right fork.

走右边的岔路。

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a jagged fork of lightning

锯齿状闪电

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The path forks at the bottom of the hill.

小径在山丘脚下分岔。

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The road forks right after the bridge.

这条路过桥后岔开分成两条。

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Fork right after the bridge.

过桥后走右边那条岔路。

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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。

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Why fork out for a taxi when there's a perfectly good bus service?

有挺好的公共汽车，干吗要多掏钱坐出租汽车？

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We've forked out a small fortune on their education.

我们在他们的教育上可花了不少钱。

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Beyond the village the road forked...

过了村子之后路分了岔。

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The path dipped down to a sort of cove, and then it forked in two directions.

这条路向下延伸到了一个山坳，然后在那里分了岔。

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Just before the town boundary fork left onto a minor road.

快到城镇边界时要走岔路的左边一条小路。

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He will have to fork out for private school fees for Nina...

他得为尼娜付一大笔私立学校的学费。

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You don't ask people to fork out every time they drive up the motorways...

不能要求人们每次开车上高速公路都要交费。

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We arrived at a fork in the road...

我们到达了一个岔路口。

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The road divides; you should take the right fork.

路在这里分了岔;你应该走右边一条。

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...knives and forks.

刀叉

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Ann forked some fish into her mouth...

安用叉子叉了点儿鱼肉放进嘴里。

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He forked an egg onto a piece of bread and folded it into a sandwich.

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。

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They started me off in the gardens as a handyman. Digging, forking manure, that kind of thing...

他们让我先在园子里干些杂活，挖土、叉粪肥之类的。

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Farmers cut the hay, fork it on to a cart and then store it in barns.

农夫们割下干草，用叉子把草叉到车上，然后拉到谷仓贮存。

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What do you like to do in your spare time?

空闲时你喜欢干什么?

辞典例句

He sank his fork into the meat to see if it was well cooked.

他把叉子插进肉里,检查一下火候够不够.

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He dug a fork into the meat.

他把叉子叉入肉中.

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He doesn't know a knife from a fork.

他连刀叉也分不清.

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