Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #4807
quarry
采石；开采（石料）
To extract stone from a quarry
- 1.
To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
从采石场开采石材
- 2.
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
捕获猎物；像秃鹫或女妖一样捕食
- 3.
To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
通过长时间、繁琐的搜索提取或获取
搜寻；发掘；捕食；猎食；从采石场开采石材；捕获猎物；像秃鹫或女妖一样捕食；通过长时间、繁琐的搜索提取或获取
In use
The workers quarried limestone from the hillside.
The journalist quarried the archives for evidence of corruption.
They have been quarrying marble from this mountain for centuries.
Verb forms
base quarry · third person quarries · -ing quarrying · past quarried · past participle quarried
规则动词，意为‘开采（石头等）’
Connections
Collocations
- quarry stone
- 开采石料
- The company quarries stone for construction.这家公司开采石料用于建筑。
- quarry marble
- 开采大理石
- Workers have quarried marble from this region for centuries.几个世纪以来，工人们一直从这个地区开采大理石。
- quarry for information
- 搜寻信息
- The reporter quarried for information in old archives.记者在旧档案中搜寻信息。
- quarry out
- 采掘出；发掘出
- They quarried out a huge block of granite.他们采掘出一大块花岗岩。
Synonyms
- mine
- 开采（煤炭、矿产等地下资源） · mine 的用法更广，可指开采多种地下矿藏；在“采石”这一意义上与 quarry 接近，但不如 quarry 专业。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
quarry 里有 car(r)y——采石场里搬走石块就是“开采”，也像苦苦搜寻猎物一样，把“挖石头”和“搜寻”联系起来。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：mining and quarrying、formal/literary writing 作动词时，quarry 多用于矿业语境，指从采石场开采石料；在正式或文学书面语中也常用作比喻，表示费力搜寻、发掘或捕食。日常口语中较少出现，具体含义通常需根据搭配判断。
Grammar Note
同时用作及物动词和不及物动词
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 quarry（/ˈkwɔri/）押韵的词：story、glory、lorry，重读音节均为 /ɔri/。注意拼写相似但读音不同的词：carry、marry、parry 虽以 -arry 结尾，但分别读作 /ˈkæri/、/ˈmæri/、/ˈpæri/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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