quarry

英 ['kwɒri] 美 ['kwɔːri]

• n. 采石场；猎获物；来源；被追逐的目标
• v. 挖出；苦心找出

详尽释义

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。

经典引文

• When Joue's..bird from hye Stoupes at a flying heron..The stone dead quarrey falls.

  出自： Spenser

• In the white winter, rabbits are your quarry.

  出自： W. Bronk

• The Hawfinch is shy and elusive, so..a far more challenging quarry than most rarities.

  出自：Bird Watching

• The treatment of ancient philosophy as..a quarry for ideas to be developed in the light of modern theories.

  出自：Classical Review

• In the mountains..they quarry out a white stone.

  出自： Goldsmith

• Roofed with grey stone slates quarried at Stonesfield.

  出自： Mollie Harris

• An approximately square or rectangular chamber quarried in the soft bedrock.

  出自：Antiquaries Journal

词汇搭配

• quarry waste 采石场废料
• quarry powder 采石炸药
• quarry face 采石面
• quarry rock 采石场毛料,毛石料...
• quarry car 采石场斗车
• quarry blasting 采石爆破
• quarry sap 天然石含水量...
• quarry stone 石块
• stone quarry 采石场
• quarry faced 石料粗面的(毛面的)...
• quarry rubbish 石渣
• quarry dust 采石场粉尘
• quarry water 矿泉水
• quarry tile 方砖的
• sand quarry 采砂场
• quarry hammer 采石锤

近反义词

【近义词】

• prey 牺牲者
• pit 坑
• target 目标
• diggings 发掘物
• excavation 挖掘
• game 游戏
• mine 我的
• victim 受害者
• cut 切
• dig out 挖出
• dig up 挖出
• excavate 挖掘
• extract 摘录
• gouge out 挖去(挖出)
• stone pit 石坑
• fair game 准许猎取的鸟兽...