hollow out
phrasal verbhollow something out
- to make a hole in something by removing part of it
挖空(某物);挖出(孔、洞) - Hollow out the cake and fill it with cream.
在蛋糕上挖个洞,填入奶油。 - a gun concealed in a hollowed-out book
藏在挖空的书里的枪
- Hollow out the cake and fill it with cream.
- to form something by making a hole in something else
挖洞(成某物) - The cave has been hollowed out of the mountainside.
窑洞是在半山腰挖成的。
- The cave has been hollowed out of the mountainside.