；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.
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One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set...
有个犯人刻了一副漂亮的木头象棋。
He carves his figures from white pine...
他用白松木雕刻出那些人偶。
I picked up a piece of wood and started carving.
我拿起一块木头，开始雕刻起来。
...carved stone figures.
石雕像
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[VERB 动词]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.
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He carved his name on his desk...
他把名字刻在自己的课桌上。
The ornately carved doors were made in the seventeenth century.
那些雕饰精美的门制于17世纪。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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Andrew began to carve the chicken...
安德鲁开始切鸡肉。
Carve the beef into slices.
把牛肉切成片。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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She has carved a niche for herself as a comic actor...
她作为喜剧演员已经闯出了一片天地。
They may be loyally standing by their men, but they are also carving their own careers...
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。
The girl from nowhere clearly means to carve herself a place in history.
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
He is hoping to carve out a much greater role for himself...
他希望能争取到更重要的角色。
Wood has not had much luck in carving out a career.
伍德想干出点名堂来，可是总不能如愿。
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[VERB 动词]铺（路）；修（路） If a road is carved through a place, it is built so that it goes through that place.
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Two three-lane roads will be carved through countryside.
将要修建两条三车道的公路穿过乡间。
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carve out
carve up
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carve/kɑːv; NAmEkɑːrv/verb1[transitive , intransitive ]to make objects, patterns, etc. by cutting away material from wood or stone 雕刻carvesth ◆a carved doorway雕花的门道carvesth from/out of sth ◆The statue was carved out of a single piece of stone.这座雕像是用整块石料雕成的。carvesth into/in sth ◆The wood had been carved into the shape of a flower.木头雕成了花朵状。carvein sth ◆She carves in both stone and wood.她既做石雕也做木雕。☞collocationsat
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2[transitive ]carvesth (on sth) to write sth on a surface by cutting into it 刻◆They carved their initials on the desk.他们把自己姓名的首字母刻在书桌上。3[transitive , intransitive ]carve(sth) |carve(sb) sth to cut a large piece of cooked meat into smaller pieces for eating 把（熟肉）切成块◆Who's going to carve the turkey?谁来把火鸡切成小块？4[transitive , no passive ]to work hard in order to have a successful career, reputation, etc. 艰苦创业；奋斗取得（事业、名声等）carvesth (out) ◆He succeeded in carving out a career in the media.他在传媒界闯出了一片天地。carvesth (out) for yourself ◆She has carved a place for herself in the fashion world.她已在时装界谋得一席之地。IDIOMsee
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n.PHRASAL VERBˌcarve sth↔ˈup( disapproving) to divide a company, an area of land, etc. into smaller parts in order to share it between people 划分；瓜分carvecarvescarvedcarvingcarve/kɑːv; NAmEkɑːrv/
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carvecarve /kɑːv $ kɑːrv/ ●●○ verb
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1make object or pattern [transitive] to make an object or pattern by cutting a piece of wood or stone → carvingcarve something out of/from something a statue carved from a single block of marble carved wooden chairs2cut something into a surface [transitive] to cut a pattern or letter on the surface of somethingcarve something on/in/into something Someone had carved their initials on the tree.3cut meat [intransitive, transitive] to cut a large piece of cooked meat into smaller pieces using a knife: Carve the meat into slices. Who’s going to carve?► see thesaurus at
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4job/position/life [transitive] (also carve out) to succeed in getting the job, position, life etc that you want: He carved a niche for himself as a writer. She carved out a successful career in the film industry. He moved to Boston to carve out a new life for himself.5water/wind [transitive] if a river, the wind etc carves land or rock, it removes some of it: The river had carved channels in the limestone rock. → not be carved in stone
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6reduce something [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to reduce the size of something by removing some of itcarve something from something The company carved $1 million from its budget.carve up phrasal verb1to divide land, a company etc into smaller parts and share it between people – used especially to show disapproval: The Ottoman Empire was carved up by Britain and France after World War I. The two companies are attempting to carve up a large slice of America’s publishing industry between them.2British English informal to drive past a car and then suddenly move in front of it so that you are too close
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