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fork up

/fawrk/US // fɔrk //UK // (fɔːk) //

叉起,分叉,叉子,叉叉

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
    • : something resembling or suggesting this in form.
    • : tuning fork.
    • : Machinery. yoke.
    • : a division into branches.
    • : the point or part at which a thing, as a river or a road, divides into branches: Bear left at the fork in the road.
    • : either of the branches into which a thing divides.
    • : Horology. the forked end of the lever engaging with the ruby pin.
    • : a principal tributary of a river.
    • : the support of the front wheel axles of a bicycle or motorcycle, having the shape of a two-pronged fork.
    • : the barbed head of an arrow.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pierce, raise, pitch, dig, etc., with a fork.
    • : to make into the form of a fork.
    • : Chess. to maneuver so as to place under simultaneous attack by the same piece.
    • : Digital Technology to copy from a piece of software and develop a new version independently, with the result of producing two unique pieces of software.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to divide into branches: Turn left where the road forks.
    • : to turn as indicated at a fork in a road, path, etc.: Fork left and continue to the top of the hill.
  1. 1
    • : fork over / out / up Informal. to hand over; deliver; pay: Fork over the money you owe me!

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Mash the feta and tomatoes with a fork and mix until evenly combined.

  • That fork may not be worth $100 unless you have an emotional connection to it.

  • With them, he could use a fork and a knife at the same time to feed himself.

  • You need access to your arms to eat, and a blanket will either slide off your back or down into your lap when you reach for a fork.

  • Right now, we’re sitting with a plate of tangled spaghetti — worrisome political trends that knot together in ways that almost ensure if you’re slurping up one of them, you’ll end up with another on the end of your fork.

  • For an article in the Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, the author must fork over $650 for “handling.”

  • In pot with boiling water, cook potatoes for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.

  • It is messy enough to be fork-food for all but the most dexterous eater.

  • Brienne demands the deformed, less savage Clegane brother fork her over, but he refuses, hell-bent on receiving his bounty.

  • Other times, if you take me out to a good restaurant, I can eat with a fork and keep my elbows off the table.

  • Pearson flung his knife and fork at it, having forgotten to drop those light weapons when he leaped up.

  • She had forced herself to eat most of her soup, and now she was picking the flaky bits of a court bouillon with her fork.

  • Gilbert made a great clatter with his knife and fork, to conceal the laugh that he could not repress.

  • Among others, an Abb thrice lifted his fork to his mouth, and thrice laid it down, with an eager stare of surprise.

  • The coals for the smiths I have also ordered, and the same for the engine to fork the first lift.