carve
英[kɑ?v]
美[kɑrv]
- vt. 雕刻；切開；開創
- vi. 切開；做雕刻工作
- n. (Carve)人名；(西、瑞典)卡韋
詞組搭配
be carved on tablets of stone
見 stone
carve something out
take something from a larger whole, especially with difficulty
切開，切下
carving out a 5 per cent share of the overall vote.
在所有選票中分得５％的份額。
establish or create something through painstaking effort
開辟；開創
he managed to carve out a successful photographic career for himself.
他終于為自己開辟了成功的攝影事業。
carve someone up informal 非正式
slash someone with a knife or other sharp object
（用刀等銳器）砍傷某人
drive aggressively into the path of another driver travelling in the same direction
急速超車，強行超車
carve something up
divide something ruthlessly into separate areas or domains
分割，瓜分
West Africa was carved up by the Europeans.
西非曾被歐洲人瓜分。