| 词汇 | quarry |
| 释义 | quarry noun uk /ˈkwɒr.i/ us /ˈkwɔːr.i/ quarrynoun (HOLE)[ C ] a large artificial hole in the ground where stone, sand, etc. is dug for use as building material: 采石场 a granite/limestone/marble/slate quarry花岗岩／石灰岩／大理石／板岩采石场 canaran/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Engineering - mining & quarrying anti-mine banksman beneficiation biomining coal coal miner coal mining coalface excavator extract mineral mining oilfield OPEC petrodollar pit pithead slag heap strip mining unworked quarrynoun (IN HUNTING)[ S ] a person or animal being hunted or looked for: 猎取的目标;猎物;追捕对象 The dogs pursued their quarry into an empty warehouse.那几条狗追逐着猎物进了一座空仓库。 Hunting & fishing angler angling anti-hunt anti-hunter anti-hunting barb fishhook fishing line fishing rod fly fishing fox hunt outfish overfishing piscatory poach poaching ravening whaler whaling yoicks quarry verb[ T ] uk /ˈkwɒr.i/ us /ˈkwɔːr.i/ to dig stone, etc. from a quarry采石 Digging borer break groundidiom burrow dig dig (yourself) in dig someone/something out drill excavate excavator furrow grub grub something up/out mine plough plough something back/in redrill root root something out/up sink steam shovel quarry | American Dictionaryquarry noun us/ˈkwɑr·i, ˈkwɔr·i/ quarrynoun (PLACE)[ C ] a large hole in the ground that workers dig in order to use the stone and sand for building material quarrynoun (PERSON/ANIMAL)[ U ] a person, animal, or group being hunted or looked for: Using video cameras can be tricky for researchers trying to blend in with their quarry . quarry verb[ T ] us/ˈkwɑr·i, ˈkwɔr·i/ quarryverb[T] (DIG)to dig stone and sand from a quarry: The gray limestone in this area was once quarried for use in bridges and buildings. quarry | Business Englishquarry noun[ C ] uk /ˈkwɒri/us PRODUCTION, NATURAL RESOURCES a place where stone, sand, etc. is dug out of the ground for use as building material: a granite/limestone/marble quarryHis father worked in a limestone quarry. a rock/stone/slate quarry quarry verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈkwɒri/us PRODUCTION, NATURAL RESOURCES to dig stone, etc. from a quarry: The mining and quarrying sector as a whole is expected to grow by 6.8% this year. Examples of quarryquarry All four books bear witness to the fact that the comparative approach constitutes one of the richest quarries for the new historiography of religion. Both the text and the extensive bibliography of primary sources will doubtless be quarried gratefully by other local and national historians. Intermittently along the causeway, sections of sur face materials had collapsed, exposing subterranean lime quarries known as sascaberas. Following the discovery of palynomorphs in fissure 2, further samples were routinely and regularly collected from all the fissures as they were quarried. As work progressed, more and more quarries were opened. Most gold diggers quarried gold ore with little knowledge of the condition of the soil they worked. Furthermore, some trades were traditionally linked, painter/plumber/glazier, or shared agricultural origins + brick®elds, forests or quarries. Except for the top quarried level that retained the original limestone surface, the vertical extents of the fissures are generally unknown due to earlier quarrying operations or unexcavated base levels. Perhaps only pre-forms were prepared at workshops in or near the quarries and, once transpor ted to their final destination within the site, the sculptures were then completed. Various quarries, which were active up to several decades ago, have significantly changed the original morphology of the area and now provide the outcrop of some proximal pyroclastic sequences. The usual cast of topics is there, population, economy (textiles to oil by way of granite quarries and ®shing), work, politics, local government, poverty, housing, leisure and religion. The plant and machinery were subsequently sold by public auction, and as the quarries are flooded to a great extent no restart is contemplated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least two of these deaths occurred in disused pits or quarries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The figures comprise factory inspectors, agricultural inspectors, specialist inspectors and quarries inspectors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a very large number of disused quarries in the national parks, but no comprehensive records of their working life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of quarry These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withquarryquarryThese are words often used in combination with quarry. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. abandoned quarry He sells the stamps and uses the proceeds to build his own hotel in an abandonedquarry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. granite quarry Is a granite quarry included in the definition? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 gravel quarry A firm of waste disposal contractors leases the gravelquarry from the company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with quarry |
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