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

• We should quarry fresh marble, don't you think?
  我们该用新的大理石，您觉得呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• This skull of a small female was uncovered in a quarry ( 6) southwest of Cairo in 2004.
  这个小的女性头骨在2004年被发掘于开罗西南部一个采石场中。
• The trucks were taking slate from the quarry.
  卡车从采石场运送板岩。
• 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。
• Art Design Group in the construction of a quarry here, a huge slope and Pharaoh's palace.
  艺术设计小组在这里建造了一个采石场，一个巨大的斜坡和法老的宫殿。
• Quarry tiles are a popular kitchen flooring.
  缸砖是一种流行的厨房地面材料。
• 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。
• 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。