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单词 carve
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Let it rest before carving and cut across the grain.Some of them are carving out careers but the show turns them into household names.Especially on the night he carved out another piece of history.The new way dispensed with carving in wood or stone or modelling in clay and casting in metal.We will no doubt see people who have cut themselves carving the turkey or had other similar accidents.The group spent three months building the spacecraft from pieces of carved wood powered by a helium balloon.He spent most of three days carving a piece of ivory into a likeness of the snowy owl.But it was important for the future of the game that young players could carve out a career in football.The huge advance that she secured for the book attests to the place she has carved out on the cultural landscape.We're all just trying to carve out our niche.The Bell has worked hard to carve out its niche.To carve, cut off wings and legs and set aside.You've got to carve a career.They enjoyed a rich culture of rock art, wood carving and weaving.It's an astonishingly accomplished piece of carving.I wanted to carve out something for myself that no one could take away.I needed to carve out something different for myself.We're carving out something new.He is carving himself a niche in the pharmaceutical industry, something which the company has given him free rein to do.Between them, father and son have carved out a place where the song, the voice and the delivery of a real and recognisable emotion are paramount.

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carve

British English: carve /kɑːv/ VERB
If you carve an object, you cut it out of stone or wood. You carve wood or stone in order to make the object.
He carved a beautiful wooden chess set.
I picked up a piece of wood and started carving.
  • American English: carve
  • Arabic: يَنْحِتُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: talhar
  • Chinese: 雕刻
  • Croatian: rezbariti
  • Czech: vyřezat
  • Danish: udskære
  • Dutch: snijden vlees
  • European Spanish: tallar
  • Finnish: kaivertaa
  • French: découper
  • German: schnitzen
  • Greek: λαξεύω
  • Italian: intagliare
  • Japanese: 彫る
  • Korean: ...을 새기다
  • Norwegian: skjære (ut)
  • Polish: wyrzeźbić
  • European Portuguese: talhar
  • Romanian: a ciopli
  • Russian: вырезать
  • Latin American Spanish: tallar
  • Swedish: skära
  • Thai: แกะสลัก
  • Turkish: oymak ağaç
  • Ukrainian: різьбити
  • Vietnamese: chạm khắc

Chinese translation of 'carve'

carve

(kɑːv)

vt

  1. (Culin) [meat] 把 ... 切片 (bǎ ... qiēpiàn)
    1. [wood, stone, figure] 雕刻 (diāokè)
    2. [initials, design] (kè)
      to carve (out) a career for o.s. 为(為)自己创(創)业(業) (wèi zìjǐ chuàngyè)
(verb) 
Definition
to cut in order to form something
One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful chess set.
Synonyms
sculpt
They sculpt the material while it is in the right stage of stickiness.
form
The bowl was formed out of clay.
cut
Geometric motifs are cut into the stone walls.
chip
a sculptor chipping at a block of marble
sculpture
He sculptured the figure in marble.
whittle
Chitty sat in his rocking chair whittling a piece of wood.
chisel
hew (old-fashioned)
medieval monasteries hewn out of the rockface
fashion
The desk was fashioned out of oak.
(verb) 
Definition
to form (something) by cutting
He carved his name on his desk.
Synonyms
etch
a simple band of heavy gold etched with runes
engrave
Her name was engraved on the goblet.
inscribe
They read the words inscribed on the walls of the monument.
fashion
grave (archaic)
incise
After polishing, a design is incised or painted.
slash
(verb) 
Definition
to slice (cooked meat)
Carve the beef into slices.
Synonyms
slice
She sliced the cake.
hack

Additional synonyms

in the sense of chip
a sculptor chipping at a block of marble
Synonyms
chisel,
whittle
in the sense of cut
Definition
to form or shape by cutting
Geometric motifs are cut into the stone walls.
Synonyms
shape,
carve,
engrave,
chisel,
form,
score,
fashion,
chip,
sculpture,
whittle,
sculpt,
inscribe,
hew (old-fashioned)
in the sense of engrave
Definition
to print (designs or characters) from a plate into which they have been cut or etched
Her name was engraved on the goblet.
Synonyms
carve,
cut,
etch,
inscribe,
chisel,
incise,
chase,
enchase (rare),
grave (archaic)

Synonyms of 'carve'

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