forked 8〇o |
q/ter the bridge.这条路过桥后岔开分成两条。2 [V +〇咖.//3化/3.] {not
used .in the progressive tenses:不用■于 进;行时）(of a person 人）to turn left or right where a road, etc. divides into
two 走岔路中.的一条：fork rig/it q/ter the
bridge.过桥后走右边那*岔路。3 [VN，often +adv./prep.} to move, carry or dig sth
using a fork X 运；叉掘：Ctear the soiZ 〇/ weeds and /orfc m pZenty 〇/ compost.清除土中的杂草，然后叉入大量堆肥。
.fork 'out (for sth) | .fork 'out sth (for/on
sth) (informaf) to spend a lot of money
on sth, especially unwillingly (尤指不情愿地）大量花钱，大把掏钱：
Why
fork out for a taxi when there's a perfectly good bus service?有挺好的公共汽车，千吗要多掏钱坐出租汽车？ ◊ WieVe forked out a small fortune
on their education.
在他们的教育上可花了不少钱。〇 note at spend
forked /fo:kt; NAmE forrkt/ adj. with one end divided
into two parts，like the shape of the.letter ‘Y’ 叉状■的 (形如字A Y > : a bird with
a/orfced tofi有叉形尾羽的 鸟◊ the/orfced
tcmgue o/_a snafce 蛇的叉形舌 __
picture 〇 page R29
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forked 丨 lightning 画n[U] the type of lightning
that
is like a line that divides into smaller lines near the ground 叉状闪电一compare sheet lightning fork-ful /'forkful; NAmE 'fo:rk-/ noun the amount that a fork
holds —叉子（的量）
fork-lift truck /.foiklrft 'trAk; NAmE ,fo:rk-/ (also 'forklift) noun a vehicle with special
equipment on the front for moving and lifting heavy objects 叉车；叉式装卸车
一 picture o truck
forlorn /fa'loin;
NAmE far'loirn/ adj. 1 (of a person A) appearing lone丨y and unhappy孤苦伶彳丁的；孤独凄凉
She
looked so forlorn, standing there in the rain. M 站在雨中，显得孤苦伶仃。2 (of a place地方)not cared for and with no
people in it 凄凉的；荒宪 ^:
Empty
houses quickly take on a forlorn look.
快就显得凄凉。3 unlikely to succeed，come true, etc. 不大可的；难以实现如：She waited in the/ortom hope that he would one day come back to
her.
无指望地等待他有一天_回到她的身边。◊His/ather smiled weakly in a forlorn
attempt to reassure him that eve/ythi’ng was aH _t.他父亲淡淡地一笑，枉然地试图
要他放心，一切都安然无恙。►forlorivlyt^v. foriTI 0^ /form;
NAmEfo:rm/
noun,
verb • noun
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TYPE 类_型 _1 [C]
a type or variety of sth 类型;i 种类： /orms 〇/ trcmsport/governmeni/energy 运输种牵；政体
类型；能源择类 one
〇/ the most common /orms 〇/ cancer 鼻普通的一种.癌症◊ aH the miHions o/di)5ferent
Zt/e/orms on the pia/iet today当今地球上所有的几舎万生
命神类—see also art form
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WAY STH IS/LOOKS 形式 2
[C，U] the particular way
sth is, seems, looks or is presented 形式；外表；样子：The disease can take several dijferentforms.
几种不同的形式。◊ Help m the/orm 0/money vWH be very wdcome.以钱的形会资助将十分受欢迎。〇Hdp arrived in t/ie/orm 0/ two
poHce Queers.来支援的是南
名警察。0
The
training programme takes the form of a series qj"
workshops.培训课程采取一系列研讨会的形式。
〇 Most political questions
involve morality in some form orot/ier多数政治问题牵涉到这样或那样的道义性。◊ We need to come to some form of agreement,
成某种形式的协议。o/’爪 opposed
to censorship in any shape or jorm. _反对任何形式的审查。◊ This dictionary is also
available in electronic form. ^ r|5 iil ft 也有电子版本的。
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DOCUMENT 文件 3 [C】an official
document containing
questions, and spaces for answers
..表.格：an appif- cation/entry/order/orm 申请 / 报名秦；订货单〇(巴/^- dallyBrQtofillinaforrn^^^o'iespeciallyNAmQto'fill
out a form 〇 I filled in/out a form on their website.
我在他们的网站上填了一张表。◊ to complete a/orm填 表◊ (8r£) a booking /orm 预订单◊ (A/Amf) a
reserva- tion/orm预订单
SHAPE
形状 4 [C] the shape of sb/sth;
a person or thing of which only the shape can be seen 形状；体形：Zier sender /orm 她苗条的身段◊ 77ie human /orm
has changecHfttZe over the Zast 30 000 years. * 3 万多年以
来，人的体形没有多大变化。◊ rhey made out a
shadovvy /orm in _/hmt 0/
them•他们隐约 i乂出 了前面的模
糊人影。
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ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS 结构 5 [U] the arrangement of parts in a
whole, especially in a work of art or piece of writing (尤指艺术作品或文章的）结构，形式：Jn a noveZ/orm .and.
content are eqiiaHy I'mpo/tant.小说的形
式和内容同样重要。
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BEING FIT/HEALTHY 健壮；健康 6 [U] (8r£) how fit and healthy sb is; the state of being fit
and healthy■体能：
良好的健康获态、雄er six months’ training
the whoZe team is in superb/orm•经过半年的训练，全队状态极佳。
◊
I reaHy need to get bacfc fn/orm. _实在需要设复状
;态。◊ The /torse was dearZy out o//orm•这匹马显然获
态不佳。…
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PERFORMANCE 奉现 7
[U] how
well.sb/sth is performing; the fact that sb/sth is performing well 表现状态；良好
表.现：Midfielder Elliott has shown
disappointing form recenrty.中场队员埃利奥特近来表现令人失望。oOn current/present form the party is
heading for another ejection victory.就该党目前情况来看，下届选举又会胜
利。◊ S/ie signaled her return to/orm vvi’t/i a co/iWnci'ng victo/y.她令人信服的胜利显示她已恢复状态。◊ He’s right on form (= performing well) as a crazy science teac/ier in his iaitot movie.他在最近的一部电影中扮演疯
狂的理科教师，表现出色。’◊ 77ie whoZe team was on good form and deserved the win.
理所当然的。.◊ She was m ^reat/orm (= happy and cheerful and
full of energy) at
the wedding party. ^ 宴上她欢欣雀跃。
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WAY OF DOING THINGS 姆事方式
8 [U，C] (espec/fl//y
阶£) the usual way of doing sth 惯常做法：★■规；习俗： What’s the/orm when you a即Zy/or a research grant?申 请科研补助4按常规应该怎么知？
◊
conventional soc/aZ /orms 常规社会习俗◊ Drue to/orm (= as
he usually does)’.he arriveci an hour 〖ate•他和往常一样迟到
了一小 时。◊ Partners 〇/ employees
are i/ivfted as a matter 〇/ /orm.按惯例，雇员的配偶受到了邀请。9 [U] good/ bad ~ {old-fashioned, Br£) the way of doing things
that is socially acceptable/not socially acceptable 礼貌；礼节
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OF WO^b 笮词'10 [C]. a way of writing or saying a
word
that shows, for example, if
it is plural or in a particular tense 词形；形式：t/ie /orm 〇/ the verb 动词不
定式
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IN SCHOOL 11 {BrE,
old-fashioned) a
class in a school 年级：Who’s your /orm teacher?你们年级的老师是谁？ —see also sixth form 12 -former (in compounds .构 成复合:词）（阶£，oW-/flsh/’o/iec/) a student in the form mentioned at school …年级学生：a third-/ormer•三年 级学生‘一see also sixth-former
take 'form {format) to
gradually form into a particular shape; to gradually develop 运渐成形；渐渐
发展：Jn her body a new Zi/e
was tafcing/orm. —个新的 生命在她的体内逐渐形成。一more at shape
n.
■
verb
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START TO EX丨ST 开沾# 在.*1 (especially of natural things 尤指自然事物)_ to begin to exist and gradually
develop into a particular shape; to make sth begin to exist in a particular
shape (使 ')出现，.产生：[V] lowers appeared,,
but_/^ufts/af〖ed to/orm.开了花，.但没有结果。
◊
Storm doutis are/orming on the horizon•天边出现了
暴雨云;/ ◊ [VN] TTiese
hiZts were/ormed by gkicfarion..这 些ill i是旅川作用形成的。2 to start to exist and develop; to make sth start to
exist and develop (使） 形成：[V] A pZan /ormed in my
head. —个计划在我的头 脑 形成。[VN] J /ormed many c〖ose
/riendsftijps at coHege.我夫李时结交T‘许多密友。◊ / didn’t see enoug/i 0/ the to /orm an opimbn
about it.我对这部戏剧了 命得不够，说禾出什么意见。b note at make
MAKE
SHAPE/FORM 使成形 3 [VN][often
passive]〜sth (into sth) I 〜sth (from/of sth) to produce sth in a particular way or
make it have a particular shape ■(使）成形，组 成;.制作：Form the dough into balls with
your hands. 用手隹面团揉成一些球团。◊ Bend the wire so that ft
/orms a. V•把$丝弯成 V 疮。■ ◊ Rearrange the
Zetters to /orm a new word, i釦排&字母，组成另一单词。◊ Games can hdp children
Zearn to /orm Zetters.游戏可以 帮助儿童学会追合字母。◊ Do you know how to/orm the
past tense?你知道怎森构成过去时吗？ ◊ The
chafn is