释义 |
fork/fɔ:k/ n. & v.●n. 1 an instrument with two or more prongs used in eating or cooking (就餐或做饭用的)叉子;餐叉 2 a similar much larger instrument used for digging, lifting, etc. (挖掘、升举等用的)叉;耙 3 any pronged device or component 叉状器具(或部件) tuning fork 音叉 4 a forked support for a bicycle wheel (自行车)轮叉,叉架 5a a divergence of anything, e.g. a stick or road, or N. Amer. a river, into two parts 物体(如枝条、道路或[北美]河流)的分叉,分岔,分流 b the place where this occurs 分叉处;岔口;分流处 c either of the two parts (枝条的)一个分叉;岔路;岔流,支流 take the left fork 走左边的岔路 6 a flash of forked lightning 叉状闪电的闪光 7 Chess a simultaneous attack on two pieces by one 【棋类】“一捉两”(指一棋子对两棋子的同时进攻) ●v. 1 intr. form a fork or branch by separating into two parts 成叉(或树枝)状;分岔,分叉 2 intr. take one or other road etc. at a fork 在岔口处拐弯 fork left for Banbury 在岔口处左拐前往班伯里 3 tr. dig or lift etc. with a fork (用叉、耙)挖掘;叉起;耙 4 tr. Chess attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one 【棋类】用一枚棋子同时攻(两枚棋子) □ fork out (or up) colloq. hand over or pay, usu. reluctantly [口] (通常指不情愿地)交出,付出;付钱 □ fork over 1 turn over (soil etc.) with a fork 用耙翻(土等) 2 colloq. [口] = fork out[Old English forca, force from Latin furca] |