单词
carve
英 [kɑːv]
美[kɑrv]
基本信息
- vt. 雕刻；切开；开创
- vi. 切开；做雕刻工作
- n. (Carve)人名；(西、瑞典)卡韦
词组搭配
be carved on tablets of stone
见 stone
carve something out
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。
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
slash someone with a knife or other sharp object
（用刀等锐器）砍伤某人
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。