英[fɔːk]美[fɔːrk]
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来自拉丁语furca，叉，叉子，词源同bifurcate,furcate.fork这个词，在古英语中写作forca，指的是叉干草等用的长柄叉。在餐桌上用的叉子据说是一位名叫Thomas Coryate的人在161年意大利带到英国来的，他在意大利见别人在餐桌上用过这种叉子。英国人嘲笑他，说他出洋相，剧作家们还在他们的喜剧中送了他个绰号“带叉子的施行家”。有一点可以完全肯定，17世纪这种餐叉的出现为改善饭食习惯、改变在餐桌上抓取食物的不卫生的方式向前迈出了可喜可贺的一步，因为在那以前用脏手抓取食物是很普遍的现象。
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小知识
An eating utensil with several points or prongs is called a fork. If you aren't skilled at using chopsticks, you can ask the waiter at the Chinese restaurant to bring you a fork.
In most Western households, forks are a basic part of a table setting — unless all you're eating is soup. There are different forks for different purposes, from a long, narrow fondue fork to a large, wide serving fork. There are also garden tools called forks, including pitchforks and hand-held pronged digging implements. Yet another kind of fork is the place where two roads or branches meet in a V shape. If you come to a fork in the road, you better know which direction to take.
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folk民间；亲属
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knife and fork刀叉
tuning fork音叉
fork lift铲车，叉车；叉式装卸车；万能装卸车
fork out v.支付；放弃
tuning fork音叉
fork lift铲车，叉车；叉式装卸车；万能装卸车
fork out v.支付；放弃