fork

fork
noun

an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting
叉，餐叉
■a tool of larger but similar form used for digging or lifting in a garden or farm
耙
■[as modifier]denoting a light meal or buffet that may be eaten solely with a fork, while standing
（只需用叉站着进食的）自助式叉餐
a device, component, or part with two or more prongs, in particular
叉状设备（或部件），尤指
■(一般作 forks)each of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves
（自行车，摩托车）前叉，后叉
■a flash of forked lightning
叉状闪电的闪光
the point where something, especially a road or (N. Amer.) river, divides into two parts
岔路口；北美河流分流处
■either of two such parts
岔路；北美岔流
(Chess)a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one
(棋)一捉两；一捉多

verb

[no obj.](especially of a road or other route) divide into two parts
（尤指公路等）分岔
the place where the road forks.
公路分岔处。
■[no obj., with adverbial of direction]take or constitute one part or the other at the point where a road or other route divides
（公路等分岔处）走岔道；构成岔道
we forked north-west for Rannoch.
我们岔向西北往兰诺赫走。
[with obj.]dig, lift, or manipulate (something) with a fork
用耙子挖（或举、操纵）；用叉叉起
fork in some compost.
耙进一些堆肥。
[with obj.](Chess)attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one
(棋)用一个棋子同时进攻（两个棋子）

派生
forkful
( pl. -fuls)
noun(pl. -fuls)
语源

Old English forca, force (denoting an agricultural implement), based on Latin furca 'pitchfork, forked stick'; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca)

继承用法
fork something out/up (或 fork out/up)

fork something over

turn over soil or other material with a gardening fork
用耙子翻（土等）
(informal, chieflyN. Amer.)another way of saying fork something out
(非正式，主北美)同 fork something out

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