fork

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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ldoce_121_efork1 /fɔːk $ fɔːrk/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]  1  DFUa tool you use for picking up and eating food, with a handle and three or four points 餐叉，叉子 Put the knives and forks on the table. 把刀叉摆放在桌子上。 →5  See picture of garden fork 园艺叉, fork 餐叉, forked lightning 叉状闪电 ... →4  See picture of 见图 MULTIPURPOSE2. DLGa garden tool used for digging, with a handle and three or four points 叉；耙 → pitchfork1 →4  See picture of 见图 GARDENING3  TTa place where a road, river, or tree divides into two parts, or one of the parts it divides into 〔路的〕岔口；〔河流的〕分流处；〔树的〕分杈（处） the north fork of the Sacramento river 萨克拉门托河的北向分流 Take the left fork then go straight on. 走左边的岔道，然后一直往前。4. fork of lightning a sudden flash of lightning with two or more lines of light 叉状闪电5. TTBone of the two metal bars between which the front wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle is fixed 〔自行车或摩托车的〕前叉 → tuning fork →4  See picture of 见图 BICYCLE →5 see picture at 见图 bicycle, motorbike

Examples from the Corpus

fork• Lift ginger with a fork on to the sugar and turn, coating well.• If brining fatty birds such as goose and duck, puncture skin lightly with a fork.• Maybe he'd never used a knife and fork.• Remember that garden fork he borrowed?• My friend puts down her fork and looks me in the eye.• knives, forks, and spoons• the middle fork of the Klamath River• Turn left at the fork in the road.• She walked a few feet and stabbed at the earth with the fork.knives and forks• There's no point in getting all the other decorative details perfect if your plates and knives and forks are all wrong.• He would be setting her tray, looking for knives and forks, salt and pepper, plates to heat.• Molly went on laying the table, placing knives and forks neatly as though her sanity depended on it.• I ate off tiny silver plates, with silver knives and forks.• Jessica had slammed a drawer open, was sorting knives and forks out, brittle, self-absorbed.• Did you count the knives and forks and spoons?• What would become of the knives and forks, who would want to buy them?• Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs.

Related topics: Transport, Food, Gardening

fork2 verb  1  (also fork off) [intransitive]TT if a road, river etc forks, it divides into two parts 〔道路、河流等〕分岔，岔开 → divide, split The path forked off in two directions. 小路分岔后通往两个方向。2  fork (off) left/right TTto go left or right when a road divides into two parts 在岔口往左拐/往右拐 SYN turn Fork left at the bottom of the hill. 在山脚的岔口往左拐。3  [transitive always + adverb/preposition]DFDLG to put food into your mouth or onto a plate using a fork 叉起〔食物〕fork something into/onto etc something He forked some bacon into his mouth. 他叉了几片熏猪肉送进嘴里。4  [transitive always + adverb/preposition]DFDLG to put manure into soil or to move soil around using a large garden fork 〔用大的园艺叉、耙〕翻耙fork something in/over etc In November, the soil should be forked over. 11月应当翻整土壤。5 fork out (something) phrasal verb informal PAY FORto spend a lot of money on something, not because you want to but because you have to 〔不情愿地〕大把花钱 for/on I had to fork out £600 on my car when I had it serviced. 我把车送去检修，不得不花了600英镑。 We don’t want to have to fork out for an expensive meal. 我们可不想掏钱去吃一顿很贵的饭。6 fork something ↔ over phrasal verb especially American English informal to give money to someone or something, or spend money on something 给予〔钱〕；花费〔钱〕 The arena won’t be finished until private donors fork over more money. 体育场要等有了更多的私人捐助才能建成。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

fork• The tail is deeply forked and ends in fine points.• The filaments themselves are forked at various places and often meander wildly.• Then with a wave she forked left and was gone.• I crossed a railroad overpass and reached a bunch of shacks where two highways forked off, both for Denver.• These sums, unsurprisingly, are forked out by the taxpayer.• Taxpayers have forked over $ 1. 1 billion in interest payments.• Certainly nothing I could easily fork oyer, and clearly, no one else will offer to do it.• Anna forked some more potatoes onto her plate.From Longman Business Dictionaryforkfork /fɔːkfɔːrk/ verb → fork out something → fork over something→ See Verb tableOrigin fork1 Old English forca, from Latin furca

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fork¹ S3 /fɔːk $ fɔːrk/ noun [countable]
1. a tool you use for picking up and eating food, with a handle and three or four points:
    Put the knives and forks on the table.
2. a garden tool used for digging, with a handle and three or four points ⇨ pitchfork¹
3. a place where a road, river, or tree divides into two parts, or one of the parts it divides into:
    the north fork of the Sacramento river
    Take the left fork then go straight on.
4. fork of lightning a sudden flash of lightning with two or more lines of light
5. one of the two metal bars between which the front wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle is fixed ⇨ tuning fork

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fork² verb
1. (also fork off) [intransitive] if a road, river etc forks, it divides into two parts ⇨ divide, split:
    The path forked off in two directions.
2. fork (off) left/right to go left or right when a road divides into two parts
   SYN  turn:
    Fork left at the bottom of the hill.
3. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put food into your mouth or onto a plate using a fork
    fork something into/onto etc something
    He forked some bacon into his mouth.
4. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put manure into soil or to move soil around using a large garden fork
    fork something in/over etc
    In November, the soil should be forked over.
     
fork out (something) phrasal verb informal
  to spend a lot of money on something, not because you want to but because you have to
    fork out (something) for/on
    I had to fork out £600 on my car when I had it serviced.
    We don’t want to have to fork out for an expensive meal.
fork something ↔ over phrasal verb especially American English informal
  to give money to someone or something, or spend money on something:
    The arena won’t be finished until private donors fork over more money.