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quarry是什么意思

2024-02-03 11:52:16

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)

采石场
猎物，被追猎的动物
追捕的对象，被追逐的目标，追求物
菱形玻璃，方形玻璃
丰富源泉，来源
方形石，菱形石
消息的出处
机制花砖
复仇的对象，寻找中的仇人
石坑

v.(动词)

从（采石场）采（石）
努力发掘，苦心找出
从（书本等中）努力发掘

adj.(形容词)

方形的，菱形的

英英释义

Noun

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"
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;
"a British term for `quarry is `stone pit"
animal hunted or caught for food

Verb

extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry;
"quarry marble"

例句

用作名词(n.)

This mountain was the site for a quarry.这座山曾经有一个采石场。
The horseman aimed his lance at his quarry.骑手把长矛对准了他的猎物。
Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations.每一句话似乎都给人以许多冥思默想。
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。
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.)

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。
They are quarrying in old manuscripts.他们正在旧手稿中寻找资料。

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