fork 1 S3 / fɔk $ fɔrk / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a tool you use for picking up and eating food, with a handle and three or four points :

Put the knives and forks on the table.

2 a garden tool used for digging, with a handle and three or four points → pitchfork 1

3 a place where a road, river, or tree divides into two parts, or one of the parts it divides into :

the north fork of the Sacramento river

Take the left fork then go straight on.

4 fork of lightning a sudden flash of lightning with two or more lines of light

5 one of the two metal bars between which the front wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle is fixed → tuning fork