| 单词 | carve up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto carve (a person) up e. transitive (slang). To slash (a person) with a knife or razor; esp. to carve (a person) up. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > cut > with razor chiv1725 razor1878 carve1929 chivvy1959 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > stab with knife [verb (transitive)] > cut with knife or razor chiv1725 carve1929 1929 D. Hammett Dain Curse xi. 113 The man had..stood..waiting to carve me when I came out; and my fall had saved me, making him miss me with the blade. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock iii. i. 98 They just meant to carve him up, but a razor slipped. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad v. 65 He feared that they would ‘carve him up’. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xiv. 157 Carve him with a razor. 1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye ix. 188 We got to carve up that boy one of these days. to carve up b. to carve up: to cheat, swindle. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 65 Carve up (Amer.), to annihilate completely. That dear grave holds a disappointed chap who cum out here from Reno to carve me up.] 1933 C. E. Leach On Top of Underworld x. 138 Carve up, swindle accomplice out of share. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ix. 96 I'm going to trust you to play square with me at the end. No carving-up or else. 1959 H. Pinter Birthday Party i. 10 Then after that, you know what they did? They carved me up. Carved me up. It was all arranged, it was all worked out. < as lemmas |
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