quarry

quarry读音音标

英 [ˈkwɒri]

美 [ˈkwɔri]

quarry意思解释

n.

采石场；

猎物；

正方形，菱形；

来源

vt.

挖出；

努力挖掘；

vi.

费力地找；

变形

复数：quarries

过去式：quarried

过去分词：quarried

现在分词：quarrying

第三人称单数：quarries

英英释义

n.

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

同义词：preytargetfair game

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

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

同义词：pitstone pit

animal hunted or caught for food

同义词：prey

v.

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

\"quarry marble\"

词组短语

quarry bay

limestone quarry

双语例句

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。