1 VERB 雕;刻 If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out. 雕;刻
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One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set. [VERB noun]
有个犯人刻了一副漂亮的木头象棋。
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He carves his figures from white pine. [VERB noun prep.]
他用白松木雕刻出那些人偶。
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I picked up a piece of wood and started carving. [VERB]
我拿起一块木头,开始雕刻起来。
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...carved stone figures. [VERB-ed]
石雕像
SYN sculpt, form, cut, chip
3 VERB 刻写;镌刻;雕饰 If you carve writing or a design on an object, you cut it into the surface of the object. 刻写;镌刻;雕饰
SYN etch, engrave, inscribe, fashion
4 VERB 切下,割下(肉片) If you carve a piece of cooked meat, you cut slices from it so that you can eat it. 切下,割下(肉片)
SYN slice, hack
5 VERB [no passive] 开创(事业);赢得(工作) If you carve a career or a niche for yourself, you succeed in getting the career or the position that you want by your own efforts. 开创(事业);赢得(工作)
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She has carved a niche for herself as a comic actor. [V n for pron-refl]
她作为喜剧演员已经闯出了一片天地。
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They may be loyally standing by their men, but they are also carving their own careers. [VERB noun]
她们也许忠诚地支持着自己的丈夫,但她们也在开创自己的事业。
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The girl from nowhere clearly means to carve herself a place in history. [V pron-refl n]
显而易见,这个名不见经传的女孩想留名青史。
Carve out means the same as
carve .
carve out 同 carve 6 VERB [usually passive] 铺(路);修(路) If a road is carved through a place, it is built so that it goes through that place. 铺(路);修(路)
Phrasal verbs: - carve outcarve up
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