forking

柯林斯詞典

fork /f??k/ (forking,forked,forks)

• 1. N-COUNT A fork is a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end. 餐叉

  ...knives and forks. ...刀和叉。

• 2. N-COUNT A fork in a road, path, or river is a point at which it divides into two parts and forms a "Y" shape. (道路、河流等的) 岔口

  We arrived at a fork in the road. 我們來到了該路的一個岔口。

  The road divides; you should take the right fork. 路分岔了；你應該走右岔路。

• 3. V-T If you fork food into your mouth or onto a plate, you put it there using a fork. 叉起

  He forked an egg onto a piece of bread and folded it into a sandwich. 他叉起一個雞蛋放到一片麪包上竝將其折成了一個三明治。

• 4. V-I If a road, path, or river forks, it forms a fork. (公路、路逕、河流等) 分岔[no cont]

  Beyond the village the road forked. 過了那個村子公路就分岔了。

• 5. N-COUNT A garden fork is a tool used for breaking up soil which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end. 耙[英國英語]

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