quarry

noun

/ˈkwɒri/

/ˈkwɑːri/

(plural quarries)

[countable] a place where large amounts of stone, etc. are dug out of the ground采石场
- a slate quarry板岩采石场
- the site of a disused quarry废弃的采石场
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[singular] an animal or a person that is being hunted or followed被追猎的动物（或人）；追捕的对象；猎物 synonym prey
- The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest.猎人在森林里跟丢了猎物。
- The photographers pursued their quarry through the streets.摄影师满街捕捉拍摄对象。

词源noun sense 1 Middle English: from a variant of medieval Latin quareria, from Old French quarriere, based on Latin quadrum ‘a square’. The verb dates from the late 18th cent. noun sense 2 Middle English: from Old French cuiree, alteration, influenced by cuir ‘leather’ and curer ‘clean, disembowel’, of couree, based on Latin cor ‘heart’. Originally the term denoted the parts of a deer that were placed on the hide and given as a reward to the hounds.

quarry

verb

/ˈkwɒri/

/ˈkwɑːri/

[usually passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they quarry	/ˈkwɒri/ /ˈkwɑːri/
he / she / it quarries	/ˈkwɒriz/ /ˈkwɑːriz/
past simple quarried	/ˈkwɒrid/ /ˈkwɑːrid/
past participle quarried	/ˈkwɒrid/ /ˈkwɑːrid/
-ing form quarrying	/ˈkwɒriɪŋ/ /ˈkwɑːriɪŋ/

to take stone, etc. out of a quarry从（采石场）采（石等）
- A is quarried (from/out of B) The local rock is quarried from the hillside.当地的石头都是从那片山坡开采的。
- B is quarried (for A) The area is being quarried for limestone.这地方正在开采石灰石。
Collocations Dictionary
Quarry is used with these nouns as the object:
marble
词源verb Middle English: from a variant of medieval Latin quareria, from Old French quarriere, based on Latin quadrum ‘a square’. The verb dates from the late 18th cent.