1. 雕;刻
    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.

    e.g. One of the prisoners has carved a beautiful wooden chess set...
           有个犯人刻了一副漂亮的木头象棋。
    e.g. He carves his figures from white pine...
           他用白松木雕刻出那些人偶。

2. 刻写;镌刻；雕饰
    If you carve writing or a design on an object, you cut it into the surface of the object.

    e.g. He carved his name on his desk...
           他把名字刻在自己的课桌上。
    e.g. The ornately carved doors were made in the seventeenth century.
           那些雕饰精美的门制于17世纪。

3. 切下，割下（肉片)
    If you carve a piece of cooked meat, you cut slices from it so that you can eat it.

carve的反义词

    e.g. Andrew began to carve the chicken...
           安德鲁开始切鸡肉。
    e.g. Carve the beef into slices.
           把牛肉切成片。

4. 开创(事业);赢得(工作)
    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.

    e.g. She has carved a niche for herself as a comic actor...
           她作为喜剧演员已经闯出了一片天地。
    e.g. They may be loyally standing by their men, but they are also carving their own careers...
           她们也许忠诚地支持着自己的丈夫，但她们也在开创自己的事业。

5. 铺（路）；修（路）
    If a road is carved through a place, it is built so that it goes through that place.

carve的反义词

    e.g. Two three-lane roads will be carved through countryside.
           将要修建两条三车道的公路穿过乡间。

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