| 词汇 | quarrying |
| 释义 | quarrying present participle ofquarry 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 fork furrow grub grub something up/out plough plough something back/in redrill root root something out/up sink steam shovel Examples of quarryingquarrying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The other fissures have been destroyed by quarrying operations. This suggests that the quarrying might have involved a process of splitting large exposed boulders and selecting appropriate blocks. Shipping in aggregate is expensive and inconvenient; however, onsite quarrying and crushing is noisy, produces dust and creates a permanent scar on the landscape. Pits dug for mundane purposes, such as quarrying, food storage, or water collection, may later serve ritual purposes, or vice versa. The specific focus of that industry, whether the herring fishery, slate quarrying or the manufacture of linen, was a matter of opportunity. This was accomplished by selecting digging situations that represent typical operating conditions for a wheel loader at mining, quarrying and construction sites. Others of note are whisky distilling, granite quarrying, textile manufacturing, ship-building, engineering, food processing and paper manufacture. The two sedimentary fills were undoubtedly continuous and the intermediate section was removed as a result of quarrying. The secondary sector includes: mining and quarrying; manufacturing; electricity, gas and water; and construction. Quarrying operations destroyed many of the fissures, and observations and sampling could only be carried out when safe access was available. Slate quarrying and how to make it profitable. Granite quarrying on the immediate mainland was on a much grander scale and although intermittent - ceasing altogether between the 1920s and 1986 - was clearly often rather profitable. I am sure that it will shortly make another application to begin quarrying across the road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, there are differences between the quarrying industry and other industries that might seek abstraction licences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The quarrying industry and the conservationists both appreciate the importance of each other. 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. |
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