quarry

名词 quarry:

1. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
   同义词：prey, target, fair game
2. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
   同义词：pit, stone pit
3. animal hunted or caught for food
   同义词：prey

动词 quarry:

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

1. The horseman aimed his lance at his quarry.
   骑手把长矛对准了他的猎物。
2. It took the police several days to track down their quarry.
   警方用了几天时间追查到案中目标。
3. Detectives kept the quarry under surveillance for weeks.
   侦探们监测那个目标已有好几个星期了。
4. They are quarrying in old manuscripts.
   他们正在旧手稿中寻找资料。

quarry

n.（名词）
【复数】 quar.ries

A hunted animal; prey.
猎物：被猎取的动物；猎物
Hunted animals considered as a group; game.
被猎食者：一群被认为应捕杀的动物；猎物
An object of pursuit:
追捕目标：
例句：
The police lost their quarry in the crowd.
在人群中警察迷失了跟踪目标

来源：
Middle English querre [entrails of a deer given to hounds as a reward]
中古英语 querre [给猎狗作为奖赏的鹿的内脏]
from Old French cuiriee
源自 古法语 cuiriee
alteration influenced by cuir [skin]
受 cuir的影响 [皮肤]
of coree
coree的变化
from Vulgar Latin *cor3ta [viscera]
源自 俗拉丁语 *cor3ta [内脏]
from Latin cor [heart] * see kerd-
源自 拉丁语 cor [心脏] *参见 kerd-

quarry
quarry 2

n.（名词）
【复数】 quar.ries
An open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting.
采石场：通过挖掘、切割或爆破岩石来获取石料的露天坑道或洞
A rich or productive source:
丰富或多产的资源：
例句：
found the book an indispensable quarry of information.
发现此书是一个必不可少的信息宝库

v.tr.（及物动词）
quar.ried,quar.ry.ing,quar.ries
To obtain (stone) from a quarry, as by cutting, digging, or blasting.
采石：如通过挖掘、切割或爆破从采石场获取（石料）
To extract (facts, for example) by long, careful searching:
采集，获取：通过长期仔细的调查获取（如事实）：
例句：
finally quarried out the genealogy from hundreds of sources.
终于从上百份原始资料中发现了家谱

To use (land) as a quarry.
用（土地）作为采石场

来源：
Middle English quarey
中古英语 quarey
from Medieval Latin quareria, quareia
源自 中世纪拉丁语 quareria, quareia
alteration of Old French quarriere
古法语 quarriere的变化
from *quarre [cut stone]
源自 *quarre [切割石块]
from Latin quadrum [square] * see k wetwer-
源自 拉丁语 quadrum [正方形] *参见 k wetwer-

【引伸】
quar.rier
n.（名词）

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quarry
quarry 3

n.（名词）
【复数】 quar.ries
A square or diamond shape.
正方形或菱形
A pane of glass having this shape.
正方形窗格，菱形窗格：具有这种形状的窗格玻璃

来源：
Variant of quarrel 2
quarrel2的变体