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ˈtuning fork noun [countableC] APMa small U-shaped steel instrument that makes a particular musical note when you hit it 〔为乐器调音用的〕音叉 →5 see picture at 见图 fork1 tuning fork• A gravitational wave at the natural frequency for longitudinal oscillations of the bar would set it ringing like a tuning fork.• Didymograptus species of this type have a distinctive shape like a tuning fork.• Delaney's bomb had shaken through the ship, vibrating the steel like a tuning fork.• I trembled like a tuning fork, but my shoulder fakes absorbed the worst of the shaking.