喜樂美語

One way to picture it: cutting into something solid, slowly and on purpose, taking material away until a shape you wanted is left behind.

手裡拿著刀，對著一塊木頭或石頭一刀一刀地削。carve 跟 cut 差在兩個地方——它是「慢慢地、有意圖地」，而且它是「減法」：你不是加東西上去，是把多餘的拿掉，讓本來就藏在裡面的形狀露出來。刀走過的地方回不去了，所以 carve 出來的東西帶著一種「留下痕跡」的感覺。

From the word’s history

From Old English ceorfan "to cut, cut down, carve", from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną — the sense has been "cut into" from the start.

carve 一路來自古英語 ceorfan，意思就是「切、割、刻」，再往上是原始日耳曼語 *kerbaną。這個字從頭到尾就是「用刀切進去」，沒有轉過彎；有趣的是它跟德文的 kerben（刻凹槽）、以及英文的 kerf（鋸子切出來的那道縫）同源，三個字共用的都是「刀切出一道痕」這個畫面。

Wiktionary etymology tree supplied in the payload (PIE *gerbʰ- > Proto-Germanic *kerbaną > Old English ċeorfan > Middle English kerven).

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

過去式 carved過去分詞 carved-ing carving三單 carves

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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

carveverb/kɑɹv/

  • 1

    archaicTo cut.

    • My good blade carves the casques of men, / My tough lance thrusteth sure, / My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure.
  • 2

    To cut meat in order to serve it.

    • You carve the roast and I’ll serve the vegetables.
  • 3

    To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.

    • to carve a name into a tree
    • The facades of the buildings fronting upon the avenue within the wall were richly carven[…].
  • 4

    hobbieslifestylesnowboardingTo perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.

  • 5

    To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

    • […] who could easily have carved themselves their own food.
    • The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.
  • 6

    To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

    • Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet.

carvenoun/kɑɹv/

  • 1

    obsoleteA carucate.

    • ... half a carve of arable land in Ballyncore, one carve of arable land in Pales, a quarter of arable land in Clonnemeagh, half a carve of arable land in Ballyfaden, half a carve of arable land in Ballymadran, ...
    • Whereof John de Ditton holds a moiety of the village for half a carve of land.
  • 2

    The act of carving

    • Give that turkey a careful carve.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。