Carve



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.雕刻; ( 把肉等) 切成片
• ［英］ v.雕刻 ( to shape by cutting, chipping, hewing) ; ( 把肉等) 切成片 ( slice)

Webster Collegiate

verb (carved; carving)

• Etymology: Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan; akin to Old High German kerban to notch, Greek graphein to scratch, write
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cut with care or precision <carved fretwork
  • 2. to make or get by or as if by cutting — often used with out<carve out a career
  • 3. to cut into pieces or slices <carved the turkey
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to cut up and serve meat
  • 2. to work as a sculptor or engraver
• ? carver noun

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