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quarry
采石；开采（石料）
核心释义
To extract stone from a quarry
- 1.
从采石场开采石材
To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
- 2.
捕获猎物；像秃鹫或女妖一样捕食
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
- 3.
通过长时间、繁琐的搜索提取或获取
To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
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
用法In use
The workers quarried limestone from the hillside.
用法提示：quarried是quarry的过去式，表示开采石料。
The journalist quarried the archives for evidence of corruption.
用法提示：quarried在此比喻努力寻找信息。
They have been quarrying marble from this mountain for centuries.
用法提示：quarrying是现在分词，表示持续的开采动作。
quarry sth
作“采石、开采石料”讲时为及物动词，宾语通常是 stone、granite、marble 等石料。
Workers have quarried granite on this hill for over a century.
工人们在这座山上开采花岗岩已有一百多年。
be quarried from sth
强调石料来源时常用被动结构 be quarried from。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
同时用作及物动词和不及物动词
发音与拼写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/。
用法优先级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。
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