English Dictionary

carve out

verb

To hollow by carving. / (idiomatic) To create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.

He used a knife to carve out a pumpkin for Halloween.

意味（1）

To hollow by carving.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.

[Macbeth][…] with his brandished steel […] carved out his passage.