词典释义：
(常作
雕刻，刻（硬材料）
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the wood was carved with runes 这块木头上刻有如尼文
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[as adj.
carved ]bookcases of carved oak. 有雕刻装饰的橡木书架。
produce (an object) by cutting and shaping a hard material
雕刻（物品）
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the altar was carved from a block of solid jade .这个祭坛是由一大块硬玉雕琢而成。
produce (an inscription or design) by cutting into hard material
刻记题字，雕刻图案
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an inscription was carved over the doorway 门口上方刻有题字
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figurative 〈喻〉the river carved a series of gorges into the plain .这条河流在平原上冲刷出一系列峡谷。
cut (cooked meat) into slices for eating
切（熟肉）。
cut (a slice of meat) from a larger piece
（从大块肉上）切（片）。
【滑雪】 完成（回转）。
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be carved on tablets of stone 见STONE .
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carve something out 1 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 -
2 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〉1 slash someone with a knife or other sharp object （用刀等锐器）砍伤某人 -
2 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
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carve sth 雕刻某物
真题例句：
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