Word · Frequency #5592
forking
分叉；分岔
forking is the present participle of fork.
to divide into two or more branches
- 1.
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
分成两支或多支形成叉状
- 2.
place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
用自己的棋子攻击两个敌方棋子
- 3.
shape like a fork
形状像叉子
使成叉形；叉开；（国际象棋）同时攻击两子；分成两支或多支形成叉状；用自己的棋子攻击两个敌方棋子；形状像叉子
In use
The river forks near the mountain.
She forked a piece of cake from the plate.
The road forks after the bridge, so be careful which way you take.
fork + adverb/preposition
常用于描述道路或河流分岔。
The path forks to the left.
小路向左分岔。
fork + object
Please fork the cake with a fork.
请用叉子叉起蛋糕。
Verb forms
base fork · third person forks · -ing forking · past forked · past participle forked
fork 作为动词意为‘分叉；分流’。规则变化。
Common mistakes
The road forks into two directions.
Connections
Collocations
- the road forks
- 道路分岔
- The road forks just outside the village.这条路就在村外分岔。
- fork left
- 向左分岔
- Fork left at the old church and keep going straight.在旧教堂那里向左分岔，然后一直往前走。
- fork into
- 分叉成；分成几支
- The trail forks into two smaller paths in the forest.这条小路在森林里分成两条更窄的小径。
- fork the king and queen
- （国际象棋）同时攻击王和后
- In this position, he can fork the king and queen with his knight.在这个局面下，他可以用马同时攻击王和后。
Idioms & figurative uses
- fork out
- 不情愿地掏出（钱）；大把花钱I had to fork out $500 for the parking ticket.我不得不为一张停车罚单掏出500美元。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：餐叉把食物叉成几股，路也像叉子一样分岔，所以fork是“分叉”；下棋时一子同时“叉”住两敌，也叫fork。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：road junctions、tree branching、chess games 作动词时，“分叉/分岔”义多用于道路、河流、树枝等自然或空间场景，语气较中性；国际象棋中“同时攻击两子”是术语，比较专业。不同语境下正式程度有差异。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhymes with /fɔrk/: cork, pork, stork, torque (note the -orque spelling). Lookalikes that sound different: for starts with /fɔr/ but has no /k/; work is spelled -ork but is /wɜrk/, not /fɔrk/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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