fork

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Utensils, Gardening, Transport, Bicycles, carts, horsesldoce_121_eforkfork1 /fɔːk $ fɔːrk/ S3 noun [countable] 1 Image of fork

DFUa 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 DLGa garden tool used for digging, with a handle and three or four points → pitchfork13 TTa 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 5 TTBone of the two metal bars between which the front wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle is fixed → tuning forkExamples from the Corpusfork• 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.• Remember that garden fork he borrowed?• My friend puts down her fork and looks me in the eye.• the middle fork of the Klamath River• Turn left at the fork in the road. Related topics: Transport, Food, Gardeningforkfork2 verb 1 (also fork off) [intransitive]TT if a road, river etc forks, it divides into two parts → divide, split The path forked off in two directions. 2 → fork (off) left/right3 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]DFDLG to put food into your mouth or onto a plate using a forkfork something into/onto etc something He forked some bacon into his mouth.4 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]DFDLG to put manure into soil or to move soil around using a large garden forkfork something in/over etc In November, the soil should be forked over. → fork out (something) → fork something ↔ over→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusfork• 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

单词	fork
释义	fork From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Utensils, Gardening, Transport, Bicycles, carts, horsesldoce_121_eforkfork1 /fɔːk $ fɔːrk/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1DFUa 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 DLGa garden tool used for digging, with a handle and three or four points → pitchfork13 TTa 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 5 TTBone of the two metal bars between which the front wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle is fixed → tuning forkExamples from the Corpusfork• 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.• Remember that garden fork he borrowed?• My friend puts down her fork and looks me in the eye.• the middle fork of the Klamath River• Turn left at the fork in the road. Related topics: Transport, Food, Gardeningforkfork2 verb 1 (also fork off) [intransitive]TT if a road, river etc forks, it divides into two parts → divide, split The path forked off in two directions. 2 → fork (off) left/right3 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]DFDLG to put food into your mouth or onto a plate using a forkfork something into/onto etc something He forked some bacon into his mouth.4 [transitive always + adverb/preposition]DFDLG to put manure into soil or to move soil around using a large garden forkfork something in/over etc In November, the soil should be forked over. → fork out (something) → fork something ↔ over→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusfork• 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
随便看	whip through something whip up whip up interest etc whip up interest/opposition/support etc whip up opposition etc whip up support etc whip-round whiplash whipped cream whippersnapper whippet whipping whipping boy whipping cream whippy whipround whipsaw Whipsnade whir whirl whirl whirl about etc whirl around etc whirl away etc whirl somebody/something about/around/away etc