fork out

US /fɔːrk aʊt/

UK /fɔːrk aʊt/

1.

掏錢, 支付

to pay a lot of money for something, especially unwillingly

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I had to fork out £200 for a new car tire.

我不得不掏出200英鎊買一個新車輪胎。

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They had to fork out a lot of money for repairs.

他們不得不掏出很多錢用於維修。

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shell out cough up pay up spend expend

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fork toasting fork fork up fork over fork in the road out-and-out outing