carve
/kɑːv/verb
with obj.
1
- （常作be carved）cut (a hard material) in order to produce an aesthetically pleasing object or design雕刻, 刻（硬材料）：
the wood was carved with runes
这块木头上刻有如尼文
as adj. carved bookcases of carved oak.有雕刻装饰的橡木书架。
1.1
- produce (an object) by cutting and shaping a hard material雕刻（物品）：
the altar was carved from a block of solid jade.
这个祭坛是由一大块硬玉雕琢而成。
1.2
- produce (an inscription or design) by cutting into hard material刻记题字, 雕刻图案：
an inscription was carved over the doorway
门口上方刻有题字
figurative〈喻〉the river carved a series of gorges into the plain.
这条河流在平原上冲刷出一系列峡谷。
2
- cut (cooked meat) into slices for eating切（熟肉）。
2.1
- cut (a slice of meat) from a larger piece（从大块肉上）切（片）。
3
- Skiing make (a turn) by tilting one's skis on to their edges and using one's weight to bend them so that they slide into an arc【滑雪】完成（回转）。
短语
be carved on tablets of stone
- 见STONE.
词源
Old English ceorfan 'cut, carve', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kerven.
短语动词
carve something out
1
- take something from a larger whole, especially with difficulty切开, 切下：
carving out a 5 per cent share of the overall vote.
在所有选票中分得5％的份额。
2
- establish or create something through painstaking effort开辟; 开创：
he managed to carve out a successful photographic career for himself.
他终于为自己开辟了成功的摄影事业。
carve someone up
informal <非正式>
1
- slash someone with a knife or other sharp object（用刀等锐器）砍伤某人。
2
- drive aggressively into the path of another driver travelling in the same direction急速超车, 强行超车。
carve something up
- divide something ruthlessly into separate areas or domains分割, 瓜分：
West Africa was carved up by the Europeans.
西非曾被欧洲人瓜分。