quarry

n. 采石場；獵獲物；來源；被追逐的目標(biāo)

v. 挖出；苦心找出

詳細解釋

n.(名詞)

v.(動詞)

adj.(形容詞)

英語翻譯

Noun:

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence;
\\\"he fell prey to muggers\\\"
\\\"everyone was fair game\\\"
\\\"the target of a manhunt\\\"
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;
\\\"a British term for `quarry\\\' is `stone pit\\\'\\\"
animal hunted or caught for food

Verb:

extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry;
\\\"quarry marble\\\"

造句

用作名詞(n.)

This mountain was the site for a quarry.
這座山曾經(jīng)有一個采石場。
The horseman aimed his lance at his quarry.
騎手把長矛對準(zhǔn)了他的獵物。
Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations.
每一句話似乎都給人以許多冥思默想。
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(biāo)。
Detectives kept the quarry under surveillance for weeks.
偵探們監(jiān)測那個目標(biāo)已有好幾個星期了。

用作動詞(v.)

常用短語

組詞

When Joue\\\'s..bird from hye Stoupes at a flying heron..The stone dead quarrey falls.
出自：Spenser
In the white winter, rabbits are your quarry.
出自：W. Bronk
The Hawfinch is shy and elusive, so..a far more challenging quarry than most rarities.
出自：Bird Watching
The treatment of ancient philosophy as..a quarry for ideas to be developed in the light of modern theories.
出自：Classical Review
In the mountains..they quarry out a white stone.
出自：Goldsmith
Roofed with grey stone slates quarried at Stonesfield.
出自：Mollie Harris
An approximately square or rectangular chamber quarried in the soft bedrock.
出自：Antiquaries Journal