岔路口：fork的詞彙用法小結

“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.'”

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—— Lewis Carroll

「有一天愛麗絲來到了一個路的叉口，看到樹上有一隻貓。愛麗絲問：「我該走哪條路呢？」貓回答：「妳想去哪裏？」愛麗絲回答：「我不知道。」貓說：「若是如此，走哪條路都可以。」」

—— 路易斯 · 卡羅

一、下面我們來看看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子上。

2.叉，耙；車叉子；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，無法決定該走左邊的還是右邊的岔道。

v.

1.分叉；分歧；使成叉狀 [I,T]

Beyond the village the road forked.

過了村子之後路分了岔。

2.走岔路 [T]

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

快到城鎮邊界時要走岔路的左邊一條小路。

3.叉，耙 [T]

Fork the bales and lift them onto the wagon.

用叉子把草捆挑到馬車上去。

二、你知道fork和哪些詞更搭嗎？

fork out

v. 1.耙出 2.【口】付錢 3.放棄

tuning fork

n.[物]音叉

carving fork

n.切肉餐叉

fork over

(不情願地)交出, 交付, 放棄

fork up

(不情願地)交出, 交付, 放棄

salad fork

n. 生菜叉, 糕點叉

三、最後，做個小測試吧

Shortly before dusk they reached a _____ and took the left-hand track.
快到黃昏時,他們來到一個岔路口,沿着左邊的小徑走去了。