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quarry

noun
/ˈkwɒri/
/ˈkwɑːri/
(plural quarries)
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  1. [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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  2. [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。
    3. Word Originnoun 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]
Verb Forms
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/
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  1. 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。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuarry is used with these nouns as the object:
    • marble
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    Word Originverb 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.

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