quarry

/ˈkwɒri/ n. / v.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

采石场；露天矿场；被追捕的人或物；猎物；追逐的目标；从采石场开采（石料等）

释义与例句

n. 采石场；露天矿场
a place where large amounts of stone, slate, etc. are dug out of the ground
  1. The old quarry on the hill has now been turned into a lake.
    山上的旧采石场现在已经变成了一个湖。
  2. Workers blasted the rock in the quarry to extract the marble.
    工人们在采石场炸开岩石以开采大理石。
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  1. A deep quarry can be seen from the edge of the village.
    从村庄边上可以看到一个很深的采石场。
n. 被追捕的人或物；猎物；追逐的目标
a person or animal that is being hunted or chased
  1. The hounds kept their eyes fixed on the quarry as it ran into the woods.
    猎犬紧紧盯着跑进树林的猎物。
  2. The detective's quarry was a man who had stolen several paintings.
    侦探追捕的目标是一个偷走了好几幅画的人。
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  1. After hours of searching, the police finally caught their quarry.
    经过数小时搜寻，警方终于抓住了追捕对象。
v. 从采石场开采（石料等）
to get stone, slate, etc. from the ground by digging or cutting
  1. The limestone used for the cathedral was quarried locally.
    建造大教堂所用的石灰岩是在当地开采的。
  2. They quarried granite for the new bridge from the mountains nearby.
    他们从附近的山中开采花岗岩来建造新桥。
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  1. The stone was quarried hundreds of years ago by skilled workers.
    这些石料是数百年前由熟练工人开采出来的。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 quarry 可作名词“采石场”或“追捕对象”，也可作动词“开采石料”。注意与 query（疑问）区分。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • quarrying 采石；开采作业
    名词，指从采石场开采石料的工作或过程，如 open-pit quarrying 露天开采。
  • quarried 被开采的
    过去分词作形容词，形容石料等被从采石场采出，如 locally quarried stone。
同义词
  • prey 猎物；被捕食的动物
    作“猎物”解时，prey 多指被其他动物捕食的对象，语气偏自然捕食；quarry 更强调被人或猎狗追逐、追捕的对象，常用于狩猎或追捕语境。
    The eagle swooped down on its prey. 老鹰朝它的猎物俯冲下来。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • query 询问；疑问；查询
    quarry 与 query 拼写接近，但意思完全不同：quarry 是采石场或追捕对象，query 是疑问、询问。注意重音位置：quarry 重音在第一音节 /ˈkwɒri/，query 也是 /ˈkwɪəri/。
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常见搭配
  • a stone quarry 采石场
    The trucks carried rock from the stone quarry to the construction site. 卡车把石料从采石场运到建筑工地。
  • hunt one's quarry 追捕猎物；追捕目标
    The detective spent months hunting his quarry across three countries. 这名侦探花了数月时间在三个国家追捕他的目标。
  • quarry stone 开采石料
    The villagers used to quarry stone by hand before machines arrived. 在机器出现之前，村民们过去常用手工开采石料。