quarry

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n. 采石场, 方形石, 猎物, 被追求物, 来源 vt. 挖出, 努力挖掘 vi. 费力地找

发音

UK /ˈkwɒɹ.i/
US /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/
AU
其它 /ˈkwɑɹ.i/

词形变化

quarries 复数 quarries 三单 quarrying 现在分词 quarried 过去式 quarried 过去分词

别名

currie curry

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.

    采石场

    商务 采矿

    Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.

  2. 1.

    A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.

    废旧 不可数 可数
  3. 2.

    An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.

    不可数 可数
  4. 3.

    An object of search or pursuit.

    可数 不可数
  5. 1.

    A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.

v.
  1. 1.

    To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

    比喻 及物

    They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.

  3. 1.

    To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

target pit prey fair game stonepit

上位词 7

victim animal beast creature brute excavation fauna

下位词 2

chalkpit gravel pit
动词

上位词 2

tap exploit

相关短语

quarry light quarry water quarry tile [化] 缸砖 quarry lights quarry tiles Quarry Bay 鲗鱼涌 quarry car Quarry Bank Quarry Hill Rock Quarry Upper Rock Quarry Lower Rock Quarry Middle Rock Quarry

词源

From Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria (1266), literally a “place where stones are squared”, from Old French quarrière (compare modern French carrière), from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Latin quadrō (“to square”), itself from quadra (“a square”), from quattuor (“four”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).

来源：wiktionary