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基本释义
  • n. 采石场,猎物,追求物,出处
    vt. 挖出,苦心找出
    vi. 费力地找
词形变化
  • 复 数:quar·ries
参考例句
    1. Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations.
      每一句话似乎都给人以许多冥思默想。
    2. He spent much time in quarrying in old records.
      他花了很多时间从旧记录中寻找资料。
    3. The dogs are nosing after their quarry.
      那些狗正在搜寻猎物。
    4. The policeman watched his quarry go into a bar.
      警察看着他在追捕的人走进一家酒吧。
    5. The ravenous lion tore the quarry.
      饥饿的狮子撕碎了猎物。
英英解释
  •  3个名词解释

    1. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
      [同] fair game, prey, quarry, target
      [例]
      • he fell prey to muggers
      • everyone was fair game
      • the target of a manhunt
    2. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
      [同] pit, quarry, stone pit
      [例]
      • a British term for quarry' is stone pit'
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     1个动词解释

    1. extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
      [例]
      • quarry marble