1.carve out开拓;雕刻
Camille used a hammer and chisel to carve out a figure from the marble.
卡米尔用锤子和凿子将大理石雕刻出一个人像 。
2.swallow up吞并;吞没
During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.
20世纪80年代,一些出版巨头开始吞并一些较小的公司 。
3.begin to do开始做
Only after he left school did he begin to do chimp research.
直到他离开学校后,他才开始对黑猩猩进行研究 。