음식을 입으로 가져가거나 자를 때 고정하는 데 사용하는 두 개 이상의 날이 있는 도구, 또는 농업에서 건초나 흙을 뜨거나 파는 데 사용하는 도구.
An implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth, holding it when cutting, or for digging/lifting materials like hay (e.g., a pitchfork).
예문:
"Please set the table with a knife and fork for each guest."
"The farmer used a pitchfork to load the hay onto the wagon."
길, 강, 가지 또는 경로가 두 부분 이상으로 갈라지는 지점이나 장소.
The point or place where a road, river, branch, or path divides into two or more parts.
예문:
"We missed the turn because we didn't see the fork in the trail."
"The river's main channel splits into a western fork and an eastern fork downstream."
(체스에서) 한 기물(주로 나이트)이 동시에 두 개 이상의 상대 기물을 공격하는 전술.
(In chess) A simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by a single piece, typically a knight.
예문:
"The knight delivered a devastating fork, attacking both the queen and the rook."
"Recognizing the potential fork, the player moved their king out of danger immediately."
(특히 길, 강, 경로 등이) 두 개 이상의 가지로 나뉘거나 분리되다.
(Especially of a road, river, or path) To divide or separate into two or more branches.
예문:
"After the bridge, the highway forks, leading to two different cities."
"We must decide whether to fork left towards the mountains or right towards the coast."
(컴퓨팅에서) 기존 소스 코드 기반에서 새로운 개발 라인을 생성하여, 종종 별개의 병렬 프로젝트를 만들다.
(In computing) To create a new line of development from an existing source code base, often resulting in a separate, parallel project.
예문:
"The developers decided to fork the open-source project after disagreements about its future direction."
"When a major software project forks, it often leads to two competing versions."