| 单词 | fork |
| 释义 | fork (once / 366 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv 4v An eating utensil with several points or prongs is called a fork. If you aren't skilled at using chopsticks, you can ask the waiter at the Chinese restaurant to bring you a fork. In most Western households, forks are a basic part of a table setting — unless all you're eating is soup. There are different forks for different purposes, from a long, narrow fondue fork to a large, wide serving fork. There are also garden tools called forks, including pitchforks and hand-held pronged digging implements. Yet another kind of fork is the place where two roads or branches meet in a V shape. If you come to a fork in the road, you better know which direction to take. WORD FAMILYfork: fork-like, forked, forking, forks+/forked: forkedly/forking: forkings USAGE EXAMPLESFold the square over to form a triangle, pressing the edges together to seal, then crimp using your fingers or a fork. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Every twirl of the fork delivered a thrill. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact American Fork police. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n cutlery used for serving and eating food Hypo|Hyper carving fork a large fork used in carving cooked meat salad forka fork intended for eating salads tableforka fork for eating at a dining table toasting forklong-handled fork for cooking or toasting frankfurters or bread etc. (especially over an open fire) cutlery, eating utensil tableware implements for cutting and eating food 2v shape like a fork 2She forked her fingers Hyper form, shape give shape or form to 1n the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches they took the south fork Syn|Hyper crotch branch, leg, ramification a part of a forked or branching shape 2n the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk Syn|Hyper crotch angle the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians 3n the act of branching out or dividing into branches Syn|Hypo|Hyper branching, forking, ramification bifurcation the act of splitting into two branches trifurcationthe act of splitting into three branches divaricationbranching at a wide angle fibrillationact or process of forming fibrils division the act or process of dividing 4v divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork 3The road forks Syn|Hypo|Hyper branch, furcate, ramify, separate branch, ramify grow and send out branches or branch-like structures arborise, arborize branch out like trees twigbranch out in a twiglike manner bifurcatedivide into two branches trifurcatedivide into three diverge move or draw apart 1n an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs Hypo|Hyper hayfork a long-handled fork for turning or lifting hay tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation 2v lift with a pitchfork 4Syn|Hyper pitchfork lift take hold of something and move it to a different location v place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces Hyper aggress, attack take the initiative and go on the offensive |
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