Quarry
[ 'kw?ri ]
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n. 采石場;獵物;正方形，菱形;來源;
vt. 挖出;努力挖掘;
vi. 費力地找;
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quar采石+ry表名詞 →采石場
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The hounds are getting close to their quarry.
獵狗正在接近獵物。
This mountain was the site for a quarry.
這座山曾經有一個采石
Even then she was certain the quarry stirred with life.
甚至在那時，她就肯定地認為，這個采石場里充滿生氣。
Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations.
每一句話似乎都給人以許多冥思默想。
The ultimate solution would appear to be transporting it back to the quarry.
看來最終的辦法是將其送回礦坑內。
?? 聯想助記
【記】quarry-獵物,quarrel-吵架:為了獵物,大家會吵架
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quarry
n
(a) animal or bird that is being hunted 正在被捕獵的鳥獸
The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest. 獵人失去了在林中追捕的鳥獸蹤影.
(b) person or thing that is being looked for or pursued eagerly 被尋找或追逐的人或事物
It took the police several days to track down their quarry. 警方用了幾天時間追查到案中目標.
quarry n place where stone, slate, etc is extracted from the ground 采石場; 石礦. Cf 參看 mine2 1. quarry, v (pt, pp quarried)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ A for B/B from A; ~ sth out (of sth) extract (stone, etc) from (a quarry) 從（采石場）采（石等）
quarrying the hillside for granite 從山坡上采花崗石
quarry out a block of marble 挖出一塊大理石.
2 [Ipr] search with great effort for information, etc 大力搜尋資料等
quarrying in old documents for historical evidence 查閱舊文件以尋找歷史證據.
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I'll be in the front office all day.
我整天都在總辦公室。
There is no fool like an old fool.
老年荒唐無法可想。
Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable.
我周圍的每個人都在吸煙，我感到非常不自在。