quarry

noun

1. 采石场
   a place where large amounts of stone, etc. are dug out of the ground
   1. a slate quarry
      板岩采石厂
   2. the site of a disused quarry
      废弃的采石场
2. 被追猎的动物（或人）；追捕的对象；猎物
   an animal or a person that is being hunted or followed
   1. The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest.
      猎人在森林里跟丢了猎物。
   2. The photographers pursued their quarry through the streets.
      摄影师满街捕捉拍摄对象。

verb

1. 从（采石场）采（石等）
   to take stone, etc. out of a quarry
   1. The local rock is quarried from the hillside.
      当地的石头都是从那片山坡开采的。
   2. The area is being quarried for limestone.
      这地方正在开采石灰石。

1. N-COUNT 采石场;露天矿场
   A quarry is an area that is dug out from a piece of land or the side of a mountain in order to get stone or minerals.
   1. ...an old limestone quarry.
      废旧的石灰岩采石场
2. VERB 开采(石料或矿产);在…开采
   When stone or minerals are quarried or when an area is quarried for them, they are removed from the area by digging, drilling, or using explosives.
   1. The large limestone caves are also quarried for cement.
      同时还在这些大石灰岩洞里开采水泥原料。
   2. ...locally quarried stone.
      当地采掘的石头
3. 追捕的对象；猎物
   A person's or animal's quarry is the person or animal that they are hunting.

1. Quarry tiles are a popular kitchen flooring.
   缸砖是一种流行的厨房地面材料。
2. The large limestone caves are also quarried for cement.
   同时还在这些大石灰岩洞里开采水泥原料。
3. The dogs soon flushed the quarry.
   不久，狗惊起猎物。
4. It was called Fern Quarry, because near it there was a limestone quarry, long since abandoned.
   人们把那里叫做弗恩采石场，因为在那附近有一个石灰石矿场，不过很久以前就废弃了。
5. One summer I had my pony at Fern Quarry.
   那年夏天，我把我的小马驹也带到了弗恩采石场。
6. It has season to quarry the jade, it is mainly autumn and spring.
   采玉是有季节的，主要是秋季和春季。
7. Pass through an old limestone quarry and proceed until the end of the road.
   穿过旧石灰石采矿场，一直开到路的尽头。
8. The trucks were taking slate from the quarry.
   卡车从采石场运送板岩。
9. Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk.
   采石场的花岗岩与剃须刀，或停泊船只的丝线。
10. We should quarry fresh marble, don't you think?
    我们该用新的大理石，您觉得呢？
11. Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry.
    猎物被捕猎或被追赶的东西；猎物。
12. It take the police several day to track down their quarry.
    警方用了几天时间追查到案中目标。
13. And now he possessed her utterly, primitively-as a hunter does his quarry, a tiger his kill.
    他们是原始的猎人与猎物的关系，虎与伥的关系，最终极的占有。她这才生是他的人，死是他的鬼。
14. The true dips are commonly observed in quarry faces, cuttings and cliffs etc.
    在采场面，断面和断崖等面上人们常看到真倾角。
15. Art Design Group in the construction of a quarry here, a huge slope and Pharaoh's palace.
    艺术设计小组在这里建造了一个采石场，一个巨大的斜坡和法老的宫殿。
16. Objective Research element composition of producing power in foundry work and quarry work.
    调查研究某铸造作业和采石作业生产性粉尘成分的元素含量。
17. Tabor re-appears in history no more as a stone quarry but as a pagan sanctuary.
    大博尔再度出现在历史中已不再是一个石矿场，而是一个非基督徒的避难所。
18. Their quarry were rhinoceros, elephant, and leopard.
    他们的猎物有犀牛、大象和豹子。
19. A British term for` quarry 'is` stone pit'.
    英国对'采石场'的术语是'采石场'。
20. A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked.
    正在工作或已经工作的矿山或采石场。
21. With no quarry to be found in the demilitarised zone, North spotted a dozing enemy across the border.
    他在非军事区找不到猎物，只见对方边界内有个敌兵打瞌睡。
22. A team of scientists came to this controversial conclusion by dating human footprints preserved by volcanic ash in an abandoned quarry in Mexico.
    对保存在火山灰中的人类足迹进行年代测定后，一个科学家小组得出了这一具有争议性的结论。这些火山灰是在墨西哥一个废弃的采石场被发现的。
23. A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
    一个开劈石头的采石工。
24. She worked at a rock quarry.
    她在一家采石场工作。
25. We had one warder at the quarry who seemed particularly hostile to us.
    在矿场有一名狱吏好好像对我们特别有敌意。
26. Thousands of men and women are working in the quarry to get stones for use in building the castle.
    数以千计的男了和女人们在采石场掘取筑城堡用的石头。
27. The extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry.
    从一个表面粗糙的采石场提取建筑用的石头或石板。
28. Wolves often pursue their quarry for up to three miles before attacking them.
    狼追踪猎物经常要追上3英里路，然后才攻击它们。
29. This skull of a small female was uncovered in a quarry ( 6) southwest of Cairo in 2004.
    这个小的女性头骨在2004年被发掘于开罗西南部一个采石场中。
30. The horseman aimed his lance at his quarry.
    骑手把长矛对准了他的猎物。

noun

1. animal hunted or caught for food

   Synonym:    prey

2. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
   1. a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'

   Synonym:    pitstone pit

3. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
   1. he fell prey to muggers
   2. everyone was fair game
   3. the target of a manhunt

   Synonym:    preytargetfair game

verb

1. extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
   1. quarry marble