quarry

英 [ˈkwɒri]

美 [ˈkwɑːri]

n.  采石场; 被追猎的动物(或人); 追捕的对象; 猎物
v.  从(采石场)采(石等)

复数：quarries　现在分词：quarrying　过去分词：quarried　过去式：quarried　第三人称单数：quarries　

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牛津词典

noun

• 采石场
  a place where large amounts of stone, etc. are dug out of the ground
  1. a slate quarry
     板岩采石厂
  2. the site of a disused quarry
     废弃的采石场
• 被追猎的动物（或人）；追捕的对象；猎物
  an animal or a person that is being hunted or followed
  1. The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest.
     猎人在森林里跟丢了猎物。
  2. The photographers pursued their quarry through the streets.
     摄影师满街捕捉拍摄对象。

verb

• 从（采石场）采（石等）
  to take stone, etc. out of a quarry
  1. The local rock is quarried from the hillside.
     当地的石头都是从那片山坡开采的。
  2. The area is being quarried for limestone.
     这地方正在开采石灰石。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 采石场;露天矿场
  Aquarryis an area that is dug out from a piece of land or the side of a mountain in order to get stone or minerals.
  1. ...an old limestone quarry.
     废旧的石灰岩采石场
• VERB 开采(石料或矿产);在…开采
  When stone or mineralsare quarriedor when an areais quarriedfor them, they are removed from the area by digging, drilling, or using explosives.
  1. The large limestone caves are also quarried for cement.
     同时还在这些大石灰岩洞里开采水泥原料。
  2. ...locally quarried stone.
     当地采掘的石头
• 追捕的对象；猎物
  A person's or animal'squarryis the person or animal that they are hunting.

英英释义

noun

• animal hunted or caught for food
  Synonym:prey
• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
  1. a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
  Synonym:pitstone pit
• a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
  1. he fell prey to muggers
  2. everyone was fair game
  3. the target of a manhunt
  Synonym:preytargetfair game

verb

• extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
  1. quarry marble

双语例句

• Their quarry were rhinoceros, elephant, and leopard.
  他们的猎物有犀牛、大象和豹子。
• And now he possessed her utterly, primitively-as a hunter does his quarry, a tiger his kill.
  他们是原始的猎人与猎物的关系，虎与伥的关系，最终极的占有。她这才生是他的人，死是他的鬼。
• Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk.
  采石场的花岗岩与剃须刀，或停泊船只的丝线。
• Thousands of men and women are working in the quarry to get stones for use in building the castle.
  数以千计的男了和女人们在采石场掘取筑城堡用的石头。
• One summer I had my pony at Fern Quarry.
  那年夏天，我把我的小马驹也带到了弗恩采石场。
• It has season to quarry the jade, it is mainly autumn and spring.
  采玉是有季节的，主要是秋季和春季。
• The true dips are commonly observed in quarry faces, cuttings and cliffs etc.
  在采场面，断面和断崖等面上人们常看到真倾角。
• The horseman aimed his lance at his quarry.
  骑手把长矛对准了他的猎物。
• A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
  一个开劈石头的采石工。
• Pass through an old limestone quarry and proceed until the end of the road.
  穿过旧石灰石采矿场，一直开到路的尽头。