forked
- adj. 有叉的;不真誠的
- v. 成叉狀;用叉(或耙)干活(fork的過去分詞形式)
英文詞源
- forked (adj.)
- c. 1300, "branched or divided in two parts," past participle adjective from fork (v.). Of roads from 1520s; from 1550s as "pointing more than one way." In 16c.-17c. sometimes with a suggestion of "cuckold," on the notion of "horned." Forked tongue as a figure of duplicitous speech is from 1885, American English. Double tongue in the same sense is from 15c.
雙語例句
- 1. Jaegers are swift black birds with long forked tails.
- 賊鷗是飛行速度很快的黑色鳥類,尾部長而分叉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Beyond the village the road forked.
- 過了村子之后路分了岔。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a bird with a forked tail
- 有叉形尾羽的鳥
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The farmer forked hay.
- 這農(nóng)民用叉子叉干草.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I've forked out enough money on this holiday.
- 這個假期我交的錢夠多了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》