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单词 forkit-tails
释义

fork /förk/

noun
  1. Any pronged instrument (such as an eating implement or garden tool) for spiking and lifting, etc
  2. Anything that divides into prongs or branches
  3. A branch or prong
  4. The space or angle between branches, esp on a tree or between the legs
  5. A confluent, tributary or branch of a river
  6. One of the branches into which a road divides
  7. A dividing into two branches, a bifurcation
  8. A place of bifurcation
  9. A barbed arrowhead
  10. The part of a bicycle to which a wheel is attached
  11. The appearance of a flash of lightning
  12. The bottom of a sump in a mine
  13. In chess, a simultaneous attack on two pieces by one piece
intransitive verb
  1. To branch
  2. To follow a branch road
transitive verb
  1. To form as a fork
  2. To move or lift with a fork
  3. To stab or dig with a fork
  4. In chess, to attack (two pieces) simultaneously
  5. To pump dry
ORIGIN: OE forca, from L furca

forked adjective

  1. Shaped like a fork
  2. Insincere or deceitful (as in forked tongue)

forkˈedly adverb

forkˈedness noun

forkˈer noun

forkˈful noun (pl forkˈfuls)

As much as a fork will hold

forkˈiness noun

forkˈy adjective

forkˈ-chuck noun

A forked lathe-centre in wood-turning

forked lightning noun

Lightning in the form of zigzag flashes

forkˈhead noun

  1. An arrowhead (Spenser)
  2. The forked end of a rod, holding a connecting pin

forkˈit-tail or forkˈy-tail noun (dialect)

An earwig

fork-lift truck noun

(short form forkˈ-lift) a power-driven truck with an arrangement of steel prongs which can lift, raise up high and carry heavy packages and stack them where required (often used with a pallet)

fork lunch or fork luncheon, fork supper, etc noun

A buffet-type meal suitable for eating with a fork only

forkˈtail noun

A name for various fish and birds with forked tails, eg the kite

forkˈ-tailed adjective

fork out, over or up (slang)

To hand or pay over, esp unwillingly

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