岔路口：fork的词汇用法小结

“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.'”

—— Lewis Carroll

「有一天爱丽丝来到了一个路的叉口，看到树上有一只猫。爱丽丝问：「我该走哪条路呢？」猫回答：「妳想去哪里？」爱丽丝回答：「我不知道。」猫说：「若是如此，走哪条路都可以。」」

—— 路易斯 · 卡罗

一、下面我们来看看fork有几种含义

n.

1.餐叉 [C]

Put your knife and fork down on the plate if you've finished eating.

要是你吃完了就把刀叉放在盘子上。

2.叉，耙；车叉子；叉状物

We came to a fork in the road, and we couldn't decide whether to take the left fork or the right.

我们走到分叉路，无法决定该走左边的还是右边的岔道。

v.

1.分叉；分歧；使成叉状 [I,T]

Beyond the village the road forked.

过了村子之后路分了岔。

2.走岔路 [T]

Just before the town boundary fork left onto a minor road.

快到城镇边界时要走岔路的左边一条小路。

3.叉，耙 [T]

Fork the bales and lift them onto the wagon.

用叉子把草捆挑到马车上去。

二、你知道fork和哪些词更搭吗？

fork out

v. 1.耙出 2.【口】付钱 3.放弃

tuning fork

n.[物]音叉

carving fork

n.切肉餐叉

fork over

(不情愿地)交出, 交付, 放弃

fork up

(不情愿地)交出, 交付, 放弃

salad fork

n. 生菜叉, 糕点叉

三、最后，做个小测试吧

Shortly before dusk they reached a _____ and took the left-hand track.
快到黄昏时,他们来到一个岔路口,沿着左边的小径走去了。