quarry

'kwɒri

托福雅思GRE Collins 1

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

n. 采石场, 方形石, 猎物, 被追求物, 来源
vt. 挖出, 努力挖掘
vi. 费力地找

Collins 星级

4,807

BNC 频率

9,794

使用频率

quarry 来源于拉丁语“quarere”，意为“询问、搜寻”，与石材开采有关。可以联想到“开采石头”的过程，像是在寻找某种特定的石料。

例句

1. The workers at the quarry extract stone for building projects.

矿工在采石场提取建筑项目所需的石材。

2. We visited an old quarry that is now a beautiful lake.

我们参观了一个现在变成美丽湖泊的旧采石场。

3. The company is looking for a new site to start a quarry.

该公司正在寻找新的地点来开采采石场。