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

• 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。
• Their quarry were rhinoceros, elephant, and leopard.
  他们的猎物有犀牛、大象和豹子。
• 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。
• It was called Fern Quarry, because near it there was a limestone quarry, long since abandoned.
  人们把那里叫做弗恩采石场，因为在那附近有一个石灰石矿场，不过很久以前就废弃了。
• Tabor re-appears in history no more as a stone quarry but as a pagan sanctuary.
  大博尔再度出现在历史中已不再是一个石矿场，而是一个非基督徒的避难所。
• 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。
• 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。
• Quarry tiles are a popular kitchen flooring.
  缸砖是一种流行的厨房地面材料。
• We had one warder at the quarry who seemed particularly hostile to us.
  在矿场有一名狱吏好好像对我们特别有敌意。
• The extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry.
  从一个表面粗糙的采石场提取建筑用的石头或石板。