fork

フォーク

先が数本に分かれ、食べ物を取ったり切るときに押さえたりする小さな道具。

やさしい英語で： A small tool with several points, used to pick up food or hold it while cutting.

• I need a fork.
• She ate her salad with a fork.
• Put the forks beside the plates.

よく使う表現： knife and fork, dinner fork, with a fork, serving fork

分岐点、分かれ道

道路や小道など、長く続くものが二つに分かれる場所。

やさしい英語で： A place where a road, path, or other long thing divides into two branches.

• Turn left at the fork.
• We reached a fork in the road after lunch.
• A bird had built its nest in a fork of the tree.

使い方： a fork in something (We stopped at a fork in the trail.)

類義語： branch point, junction

よく使う表現： fork in something, road fork, at the fork

フロントフォーク

自転車やバイクの前輪を支え、ハンドルに合わせて向きを変える部品。

やさしい英語で： The part of a bicycle or motorcycle that holds the front wheel and turns it when you steer.

• The bike has a bent fork.
• This suspension fork makes rough paths more comfortable.
• The mechanic replaced the motorcycle's front fork.

類義語： front fork

よく使う表現： front fork, suspension fork, bicycle fork

フォーク、両取り

チェスで、一つの駒が相手の二つ以上の駒を同時に攻撃すること。

やさしい英語で： A chess move in which one piece attacks two or more of the other player's pieces at once.

• His knight created a fork.
• A fork threatened both my king and my queen.
• She spotted the fork before moving her rook.

類義語： double attack

よく使う表現： knight fork, create a fork, a deadly fork

分岐する、二股に分かれる

道などが二つ以上の枝や別々の方向に分かれること。

やさしい英語で： To divide into two or more branches or separate paths.

• The road forks ahead.
• We forked left after passing the bridge.
• The river forks into two channels near the village.

使い方： fork into something (The path forks into two narrow trails.)

類義語： divide, split, branch

反対語： merge, join

よく使う表現： fork left, fork right, fork into something

フォークで運ぶ、熊手で運ぶ

食べ物や干し草などを、フォークなど先のとがった道具で持ち上げたり運んだりする。

やさしい英語で： To lift or move food, hay, or something else using a tool with points.

• He forked hay into the wagon.
• She forked another piece of cake into her mouth.
• We forked the straw into a pile.

使い方： fork something into/onto something (She forked the pasta onto a plate.)

よく使う表現： fork something onto, fork something into, fork hay