| 单词 | carve |
| 释义 | carve (kɑːʳv ) Word forms: carves , carving , carved 1. verb 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. One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set. [VERB noun] He carves his figures from white pine. [VERB noun preposition] I picked up a piece of wood and started carving. [VERB] ...carved stone figures. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: sculpt, form, cut, chip 2. See also carving 3. verb If you carve writing or a design on an object, you cut it into the surface of the object. He carved his name on his desk. [V n + in/on] The ornately carved doors were made in the seventeenth century. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: etch, engrave, inscribe, fashion 4. verb If you carve a piece of cooked meat, you cut slices from it so that you can eat it. Andrew began to carve the chicken. [VERB noun] Carve the meat into slices. [VERB noun + into] Synonyms: slice, hack 5. verb [no passive] 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. She has carved a niche for herself as a comic actor. [V n for pron-refl] Carve out means the same as carve. He is hoping to carve out a much greater role for himself. [V P n for pron-refl] Wood has not had much luck in carving out a career. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 6. verb [usually passive] If a road is carved through a place, it is built so that it goes through that place. Two three-lane roads will be carved through countryside. [be VERB-ed preposition] Phrasal verbs: carve out carve [sense 5] carve up 1. phrasal verb If you say that someone carves something up, you disapprove of the way they have divided it into small parts. [disapproval] He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They have begun carving the country up like a pie. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb To carve someone up means to hurt them badly using a knife. [informal] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun] Idioms: carve a niche or carve out a niche to create a secure position for yourself, especially at work He has carved a niche for himself as an ABC television commentator and is certain to be kept on as long as the network continues to broadcast Saturday matches. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: carve a figure It took nine months to carve the figure from local granite. Times, Sunday Times The green dress was magically constructed to shrink her waist to nothingness, to carve her figure into flowing curves, to elongate her pale neck. Times, Sunday Times People believed that the wild kobold remained in the material used to carve the figure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sculpture and figure carved in wood also indicates the same. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Figures carved on the walls take the form of a dragon (hence its name). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But seldom can a club trying to carve a name for themselves have been burdened by quite such a weight of expectation. Times, Sunday Times Carve their name with pride. The Sun If you carve your name on a gravestone before your time has come, it becomes national news whether you like it or not. Times, Sunday Times You can carve your name into family history, land a love legacy and feel positive healing. The Sun You spent three years at big school, mostly staring out of the window or carving your name into the desk. The Sun Icebreakers will be used to carve a path to the remote terminal during the winter. Times, Sunday Times He took his cultural upbringing and strong ideas to carve a path out of his own in the visual world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One tornado carved a path of destruction about ten miles long. The Sun Not much went his way here, yet he carved his path to the winner's circle with something to spare. Times, Sunday Times Beneath the park, a canyon carves a path through specialty retail, entertainment and dining venues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I was allowed to carve a pumpkin - as long as it was smiling sweetly. The Sun Safe at-home activities ranked highest: 53 percent plan to decorate their homes, 46 percent plan to carve a pumpkin and 18 percent will dress up their pet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My life had taken on a new meaning but carving that pumpkin made everything seem normal. The Sun We carved some pumpkins, which they loved, then toasted the seeds for salads. The Sun It soon carved a reputation as a ruthless competitor, unafraid to get out its chequebook to fight off rivals. Times, Sunday Times Still, who has no playing pedigree, has carved a reputation for overachieving in the lower leagues with a direct playing style. Times, Sunday Times The 24-year-old has carved a reputation as clever attacking player, capable of playing across the front line. Times, Sunday Times She handled press inquires, staffed their visitors center, and acquired the equipment and materials needed to carve the sculpture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His body of work on the dance theme included paintings, watercolors, and sculpture carved in wood or made of aggregate concrete. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The artist laminated the marble pieces together and then carved the sculpture out of this resulting material. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This room opens to second big room where there are many sculptures carved on the four walls of the room. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was discovered and was regarded almost immediately as a leading artist with his fluid sculptures carved from juniper wood. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It involved a mile-long tunnel carved into rock 30ft below ground. Times, Sunday Times After crossing an abyss by metal footbridge, we walked through a tunnel carved into the granite and took a lift up to a stunning viewing platform. The Sun In reality, the water was coming out of a 36-square-foot tunnel carved out by the force of water blasting from a crack in the aqueduct buried 650 feet underground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Carve the turkey and serve with the gravy and stuffing. The Sun I learned how to carve a turkey online. Houston Chronicle Who even knows how to carve a turkey anymore? Smithsonian Mag Carve the turkey and serve the slices with the pomegranate and orange sauce. Times, Sunday Times So what to do if you are determined to get into your new home in time to unwrap presents and carve the turkey? Times, Sunday Times Her half-submerged body was spotted next morning from the window of a supermarket by two butchers carving meat. The Sun It will have made some liquid, which you can reserve to moisten the carved meat later. Times, Sunday Times The alien space whale seen in the episode was created using computer-generated imagery, with the exception of a cut section wound where the humans had been carving meat from. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He began to carve wood and by the age of 20 had become an accomplished furniture maker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The group spent three months building the spacecraft from pieces of carved wood powered by a helium balloon. Times, Sunday Times That honour goes to the sofas, the new coffee table and the carved wood fruit bowl placed on top of it. Times, Sunday Times It has a bedroom with cupboards of carved wood, a small study with a couple of chairs and two small sitting rooms. Times, Sunday Times He finds it hard to make himself comfortable at one end of a vast red sofa framed with dark, elaborately carved wood. The Sun The real treat here, though, isn't the minibar or the stunning carved doors leading to the suite, with its capacious bathroom and sink-into comfortable bed. Times, Sunday Times But if you dare to peek behind the ornate carved doors you will discover the most mysterious house ever built. The Sun The elegant gothic carved doors and transoms were gradually removed from the buildings main entrance in favor of new metal doors from 1977 to 1981. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Leaded glass windows, oak trim, maple flooring, and elegantly carved doors grace the interior. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The four entrances are provided with teak wood carved doors in the interior and these entrances form a perfect cross or cruciform. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The commandment as understood by such out of context interpretation would mean no carved images. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its carved images date to 1926, taking six months to complete. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Carved images include nature, animals, mysterious creatures as well as the college shield and motto. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All parts of the throne were covered in carved images and glyphs, and the back of the main panel features a zoomorphic face with human heads as eyes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The spicey dough (pierne, hence the name) was pressed into elaborate wooden molds with carved images, baked and reportedly kept around for up to 20 years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Inside, period features include exposed timbers, wooden block flooring and a carved oak staircase. Times, Sunday Times There's carved oak furniture and enough drapes to decorate a coronation. Times, Sunday Times It's really rather splendid, with ancestral oils on the walls, period furniture and seven comfy bedrooms (you'll have to fight for the one with the carved oak four-poster). Times, Sunday Times He also has a pair of carved oak angels from about 1400, priced at 8,000. Times, Sunday Times The organ dates from 1922 and has a carved oak case. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The group spent three months building the spacecraft from pieces of carved wood powered by a helium balloon. Times, Sunday Times That honour goes to the sofas, the new coffee table and the carved wood fruit bowl placed on top of it. Times, Sunday Times It has a bedroom with cupboards of carved wood, a small study with a couple of chairs and two small sitting rooms. Times, Sunday Times He finds it hard to make himself comfortable at one end of a vast red sofa framed with dark, elaborately carved wood. The Sun Its 56 rooms and five riad-style villas are darkly decadent, with carved wood screens, delicate plasterwork and mosaic tiling. Times, Sunday Times Tile mosaics, carved woodwork and ornate sculpted stucco run riot over every surface. Times, Sunday Times Other features are patterned ceilings, ornate carved woodwork, and stained-glass windows. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Interior and exterior are rich in carved woodwork. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The doorway leading to the vestry has an ogee head, and the vestry contains more early carved woodwork. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The interior retains spectacular carved woodwork as well as very early, possibly original, paint on woodgrained doors and marbled mantels and baseboards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was also a delicately carved bead the size of a blueberry surrounded by a golden wavy pattern. Times, Sunday Times There's listed panelling in the cosy drawing room, delicately carved into curlicues and wreaths. Times, Sunday Times From this one fragile morsel of delicately carved ivory arose all the memories of an entire world. Times, Sunday Times It probably doesn't involve delicately carved stonework or any form of ornamentation that might popularly be considered attractive. Times, Sunday Times It has legendary stone carvings with exquisite jharokhas (balconies), a fabulous pillared courtyard, delicately carved arches, and a unique spiral staircase. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The grounds also include exquisitely carved gazebos, a beautiful mulch-tiered garden, and a small lake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This temple was built in the 18th century and has 28 exquisitely carved wooden pillars supporting the main porch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Besides, all major archeological excavations have revealed exquisitely carved statuettes and carvings in stone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The formal square plan of two storeyed palace structure, adorned with exquisitely carved wooden columns, brackets, friezes and jalis with geometric patterns defines the courtyard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The counterfaade houses the 16th century organ in the exquisitely carved, gold-plated choir from the 17th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other carriages in the collection were embellished with intricately carved friezes of flowers, stems, leaves and painted garlands. Times, Sunday Times Inside we admired the ornate, 20ft-tall medieval font cover and the intricately carved foliage of the old rood screen. Times,Sunday Times The intricately carved set was highly sought after and eventually sold for 19,000, against a pre-sale estimate of 2,000-3,000. Times, Sunday Times The morning room has a view of the formal garden and an intricately carved fireplace. Times, Sunday Times It features upholstered, cane and intricately carved bedsteads, bombe chests and side tables. Times, Sunday Times The items ranged from simple $1 rings to a solid ivory walking stick with an ornately carved dragon's head handle, which cost $4,000 (2,350). Times, Sunday Times The original deal floorboards have been repaired and stained and provide a perfect base for the ornately carved bedstead. Times, Sunday Times His living room features giant chairs ornately carved from tropical hardwood, and a flatscreen television the size of a pool table. Times, Sunday Times In the hall, below the ornately carved dogleg staircase, they put in a new chequerboard tiled floor. Times, Sunday Times In the central courtyard, slender columns reach up to keyhole arches, all ornately carved, while the living and reading rooms are adorned with frescoes and antique furniture. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 雕刻 Japanese: 彫る |
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