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quarry

美['kwɔːri]  英['kwɒri]
n.  采石场;猎获物;来源;被追逐的目标
v.  挖出;苦心找出
  名词:quarrier  名词复数:quarries  过去式:quarried  过去分词:quarried  现在分词:quarrying  第三人称单数:quarries
  近义词:prey,pit,target,diggings,excavation,game,mine,victim,cut,digout,digup,excavate,extract,gougeout,stonepit,fairgame,

详细释义

n.(名词)
  1. 采石场
  2. 猎物,被追猎的动物
  3. 追捕的对象, 被追逐的目标,追求物
  4. 菱形玻璃,方形玻璃
  5. 丰富源泉,来源
  6. 方形石,菱形石
  7. 消息的出处
  8. 机制花砖
  9. 复仇的对象,寻找中的仇人
  10. 石坑
v.(动词)
  1. 从(采石场)采(石)
  2. 努力发掘,苦心找出
  3. 从(书本等中)努力发掘
adj.(形容词)
  1. 方形的,菱形的

英英释义

Noun
  1. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;

    "he fell prey to muggers" "everyone was fair game" "the target of a manhunt"

  2. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;

    "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

  3. animal hunted or caught for food
Verb
  1. extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry;

    "quarry marble"

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. This mountain was the site for a quarry.这座山曾经有一个采石场。
  2. The horseman aimed his lance at his quarry.骑手把长矛对准了他的猎物。
  3. Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations.每一句话似乎都给人以许多冥思默想。
  4. It took the police several days to track down their quarry.警方用了几天时间追查到案中目标。
  5. Detectives kept the quarry under surveillance for weeks.侦探们监测那个目标已有好几个星期了。
用作动词(v.)
  1. We watched the workmen quarry out a huge block of marble .我们看到劳工们挖出一大块大理石。
  2. They are quarrying in old manuscripts.他们正在旧手稿中寻找资料。
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