fork
noun[C]
uk/fɔːk/us/fɔːrk/forknoun[C](FOOD)
A2
asmallobjectwith three or fourpointsand ahandle, that you use topickupfoodandeatwith:
餐叉aknifeandfork一副刀叉
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- Sheproddedthecakewith her fork toseeif it wascooked.
- Prick theskinof thepotatoeswith a fork beforebakingthem.
- You'llfindtheknivesand forks in theleft-handdrawer.
- Heproddedat thefishwith his fork a fewtimes, but he didn'teatamouthful.
- Yourtablemannersareappalling- don't youknowhow to use aknifeand fork?
Cutlery
- bread knife
- canteen
- cheese knife
- chopstick
- cutlery
- dessertspoon
- fish knife
- flatware
- place setting
- server
- serving
- setting
- silverware
- soup spoon
- spoon
- steak knife
- tablespoon
- tableware
- teaspoon
forknoun[C](GARDEN)
atoolwith alonghandleand three or fourpoints, used fordiggingandbreakingsoilintopieces:
叉；耙agardenfork园艺用叉
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Gardening tools
- clippers
- dibber
- dibble
- grubber
- hedge trimmers
- hoe
- hose
- hover mower
- lawnmower
- motor mower
- pitchfork
- propagator
- secateurs
- sickle
- spade
- sprayer
- stick blender
- Strimmer
- watering can
- Weed Whacker
forknoun[C](DIVISION)
aplacewhere aroad,river, etc.dividesinto twoparts, or either of those twoparts:
（公路、河流等的）分岔处，分流处，岔口；岔路When youreacha forkin theroadturnright.到了岔路口走右边那条路。
Take theleft-handfork.走左岔路
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Road junctions
- box
- box junction
- circus
- cloverleaf
- corner
- crossing
- crossroad
- crossroads
- interchange
- intersect
- intersection
- junction
- mini-roundabout
- spaghetti junction
- T-junction
- throughabout
- traffic circle
- turn off(something)
- turning
fork
verb
uk/fɔːk/us/fɔːrk/forkverb(DIVIDE)
[I]
If aroadorriverforks, itdividesinto twoparts:
（公路或河流）分岔Thehotelis near where theroadforks.旅馆在马路的岔口附近。
[I+ adv/prep]UK
toturnin one of two differentdirections:
走岔路中的一条Forkleft/rightwhere theroaddivides.在岔路口走左边／右边那条路。
Separating and dividing
- apheresis
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- clove
- cloven
- dissociate
- dissociateyourselffromsomething
- dissociation
- disunite
- disunity
- fracture
- hive
- polarize
- polarized
- polarizer
- prophase
- pull
- unravel
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Road junctions
forkverb(GARDEN)
[T]
tomoveordigsomething with a fork
叉运；叉起；用叉挖Digging
- bore
- borer
- break groundidiom
- burrow
- dig
- dig(yourself)in
- digsomeone/somethingout
- drill
- excavate
- excavator
- furrow
- grubsomethingup/out
- plough
- ploughsomethingback/in
- prospect
- redrill
- rootsomethingout/up
- sink
- steam shovel
- unearth
Phrasal verbs
fork out sth
fork over/upsomething