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
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
Beyond the village the road forked.
过了村子之后路分了岔。
2.走岔路
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
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。
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