gouge out

• 动词短语，指用力挖出、掏出或凿去某物，常指用工具强行去除；也指以不正当手段榨取或勒索钱财。

A phrasal verb meaning to remove or extract something forcefully, often by digging or cutting, or to take something by extortion.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Remove by diggingformal

   To forcibly remove something, especially an eye, by digging or scooping it out.

   挖出

   • In the ancient myth, the hero gouged out the monster's eye.
   • The attacker threatened to gouge out his victim's eyes.
   • The sculpture was damaged when someone gouged out a piece of the stone.

   同义词dig outextractrip outscoop out

2. Create a hole or grooveformal

   To make a deep hole or groove in a surface by digging or scraping.

   凿出

   • The heavy machinery gouged out a deep trench in the ground.
   • He gouged out a channel in the wood with a chisel.
   • The river gouged out a canyon over millions of years.

   同义词carve outdig outexcavatehollow outscoop out

基本动词gouge