中英互译
quarry
英 /ˈkwɒri/美 /ˈkwɑːri/
基本释义
- n.采石场;猎物;来源
- vi.费力地找
- vt.挖出;努力挖掘
- n.(Quarry)人名;(英)夸里
复数quarries
第三人称单数quarries
现在分词quarrying
过去式quarried
过去分词quarried
TOEFLGREGMAT
双语例句
- The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest.猎人在森林里跟丢了猎物。来自《牛津词典》
- We ended up in an abandoned quarry.我们最后到了一个废弃的采石场。
- I went to the quarry.我去了采石场。
相关短语
- quarry bay鲗鱼涌
- limestone quarry石灰石采矿场
- Quarry Bay则鱼涌;嘉诺撒学校;鱼则鱼涌
- Quarry Bay Station鲗鱼涌站
- Quarry Bay Park鲗鱼涌公园;鱼涌公园
- quarry stone毛石;荒料;采石场原石;乱石
- quarry tile缸砖;菱形瓷砖;方砖的;红地砖
词语扩展
词义分布
采石场
66%
猎物
27%
石矿
4%
采石矿
3%
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
- n.a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
- n.animal hunted or caught for food
- v.extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
- n.a place where stone or minerals are dug out of the ground
采石场- ...an old limestone quarry.…一处老的石灰岩开采场。
词源
- quarry采石场来自拉丁语quadrare,给石头打磨,使成(四)方形,词源同four,square,quarter.引申词义石头打磨声,采石场。
- quarry猎物来自古法语coree,内脏,肠,来自拉丁语cor,心,心脏,词源同heart,cordial.原指给猎鹰猎捕 到猎物后的奖赏,后引申词义猎物。