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carve someone up phrasal verb with carveverb[ I or T ]uk /kɑːv/ us /kɑːrv/ UKinformal to drive past another car and then suddenly drive in front of it: 突然超车;快速切入(别人)的行车线 Some idiot carved us up on the way over here - I don't know how he missed us!有个白痴从路这边突然超我们的车——不知怎地居然没撞上我们! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases On the road: driving & operating road vehicles aquaplaning back someone up biting point boxed in branch off chauffeur gun handle lock pull pull someone up push start range anxiety reverse road rage run away with someone skid speeding steer ton
carve something up phrasal verb with carveverb[ I or T ]uk /kɑːv/ us /kɑːrv/ disapproving to divide something into smaller parts: 分割,瓜分 The Nazi-Soviet pact carved up the Baltic states in 1939.1939年签订的《德苏和约》瓜分了波罗的海各国。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Separating and dividing apheresis atomize bifurcate bifurcation bisect dissociable dissociate dissociate yourself from something dissociation disunion parcel something out partible periodization periodize polarize ungraded unjoined unmix unmixable unmixed
carve up something | American Dictionary
carve up something phrasal verb with carveverb[ I/T ]us/kɑrv/ to divide something into parts: The new owner carved up the company and sold off several divisions. |