“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

「有一天愛(ài)麗絲來(lái)到了一個(gè)路的叉口，看到樹(shù)上有一只貓。愛(ài)麗絲問(wèn)：「我該走哪條路呢？」貓回答：「妳想去哪里？」愛(ài)麗絲回答：「我不知道?！关堈f(shuō)：「若是如此，走哪條路都可以?！埂?/p>

—— 路易斯 · 卡羅

一、下面我們來(lái)看看fork有幾種含義

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盤(pán)子上。

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2.叉，耙；車(chē)叉子；叉狀物

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

我們走到分叉路，無(wú)法決定該走左邊的還是右邊的岔道。

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v.

1.分叉；分歧；使成叉狀 [I,T]

Beyond the village the road forked.

過(guò)了村子之后路分了岔。

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2.走岔路 [T]

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

快到城鎮(zhèn)邊界時(shí)要走岔路的左邊一條小路。

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3.叉，耙 [T]

Fork the bales and lift them onto the wagon.

用叉子把草捆挑到馬車(chē)上去。

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二、你知道fork和哪些詞更搭嗎？

fork out

v. 1.耙出 2.【口】付錢(qián) 3.放棄

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tuning fork

n.[物]音叉

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carving fork

n.切肉餐叉

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fork over

(不情愿地)交出, 交付, 放棄

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fork up

(不情愿地)交出, 交付, 放棄

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salad fork

n. 生菜叉, 糕點(diǎn)叉

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三、最后，做個(gè)小測(cè)試吧

Shortly before dusk they reached a _____ and took the left-hand track.
快到黃昏時(shí),他們來(lái)到一個(gè)岔路口,沿著左邊的小徑走去了。 ?