Quarry



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.采石场;v.采石
• ［英］ n.采石场 ( an open excavation for obtaining building stone)
• ［类］ quarry : rock / mine : ore ( 采石场采岩石 / 矿厂采矿石) quarry : stone / fell : timder ( 采岩石 / 伐木料)
• ［记］ 和quarrel ( 争吵) 一起记

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural quarries)

• Etymology: Middle English quirre, querre entrails of game given to the hounds, from Anglo-French cureie, quereie, from quir, cuir skin, hide (on which the entrails were placed), from Latin corium — more at cuirass
• Date: 14th century
• 1. obsolete a heap of the game killed in a hunt
• 2. game; specifically game hunted with hawks
• 3. one that is sought or pursued ; prey

II. noun (plural quarries)

• Etymology: Middle English quarey, alteration of quarrere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Late Latin quadrus hewn (literally, squared) stone, from Latin quadrum square
• Date: 14th century
• 1. an open excavation usually for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone
• 2. a rich source

III. verb (quarried; quarrying)

• Date: 1774
• transitive verb
  • 1. to dig or take from or as if from a quarry <quarry marble>
  • 2. to make a quarry in <quarry a hill>
• intransitive verb
  • to delve in or as if in a quarry

IV. noun (plural quarries)

• Etymology: alteration of ［sup］1［/sup］quarrel
• Date: 1555
• a diamond-shaped pane of glass, stone, or tile

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