柯林斯詞典

quarry /?kw?r?/ (quarrying,quarried,quarries)

• 1. N-COUNT 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. 采石場; 礦場

  ...an old limestone quarry. …一處老的石灰?guī)r開采場。

• 2. V-T 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. 開采; 在…處開采

  The large limestone caves are also quarried for cement. 這些大石灰?guī)r洞也用來開采水泥原料。

• 3. N an animal, bird, or fish that is hunted, esp by other animals; prey (被其他動(dòng)物捕食的)動(dòng)物、鳥或魚

• 4. N a square or diamond shape 正方形; 菱形

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