forks

英 [fɔːks]

美 [fɔːrks]

n.  餐叉; 叉(挖掘用的园艺工具); (道路、河流等的)分岔处，分流处，岔口，岔路
v.  分岔; 岔开两条分支; 走岔路中的一条; 叉运; 叉掘
fork的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 叉;餐叉
  Aforkis a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
  1. ...knives and forks.
     刀叉
• VERB 用叉子叉
  If youforkfoodintoyour mouth orontoa plate, you put it there using a fork.
  1. Ann forked some fish into her mouth...
     安用叉子叉了点儿鱼肉放进嘴里。
  2. 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。
• 叉，耙(园艺工具)
  A gardenforkis a tool used for breaking up soil which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end.
• VERB 叉运，叉掘(肥料、干草等)
  If youforksomething such as manure or hay, you move it from one place to another using a large garden fork.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT (道路、河流等的)分岔处，分流处;分岔;岔路
  Aforkin a road, path, or river is a point at which it divides into two parts and forms a 'Y' shape.
  1. We arrived at a fork in the road...
     我们到达了一个岔路口。
  2. The road divides; you should take the right fork.
     路在这里分了岔;你应该走右边一条。
  3. ...the fork of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers.
     特拉华河和利哈伊河的分岔口
• VERB (道路、河流等)分岔
  If a road, path, or riverforks, it forms a fork.
  1. Beyond the village the road forked...
     过了村子之后路分了岔。
  2. 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。
• See also:Just before the town boundary fork left onto a minor road.tuning fork
• PHRASAL VERB 付钱;大把花钱
  If youfork outforsomething, you spend a lot of money on it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Britons fork out more than a billion pounds a year on toys.
     英国人每年花在玩具上的钱超过 10 亿英镑。

双语例句

• We use forks for digging the ground.
  我们用叉子翻地。
• The knives and forks were kept in a large jam jar.
  刀叉原来放在一个果酱罐里。
• The only sound is that of knives and forks scraping against china
  只听见刀叉摩擦瓷器的刺耳声。
• You will see our house just before the road forks.
  走到道路分岔处，你就会看到我们的房子。
• There were forks, knives, spoons, and chopsticks.
  他们是叉子，刀子，勺子和筷子。
• There are some knives and forks on these shelves.
  在搁板上有上些刀和叉。
• There were so many forks, spoons, and knives.
  有太多的叉子，勺子和刀了。
• Knives and forks are used for Western food.
  刀和叉是用来吃西餐。
• Dinner's ready! Your forks and knives.
  话晚餐准备好了！你的叉和刀。
• There the railway forks to A and B ( places).
  这条铁路在那儿分叉通向甲乙两地。