Quarry

['kwɒrɪ] or ['kwɔri]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; 'quarry marble'.

錄入:雷内--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Same as 1st Quarrel.

(a.) Quadrate; square.

(n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

(n.) A heap of game killed.

(n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

(v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

(n.) A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).

(v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

整理:斯特拉

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Stone-pit, stone-bed.[2]. Prey (especially that of the hunting falcon), game, object of the chase.

錄入:弗农

解釋/意思:

n. the entrails of the game given to the dogs after the chase: the object of the chase: the game a hawk is pursuing or has killed: a heap of dead game.

n. an excavation from which stone is taken for building &c. by cutting blasting &c.—v.t. to dig from a quarry:—pa.t. and pa.p. quarr′ied.—adj. Quarr′iable capable of being quarried.—ns. Quarr′ier Quarr′y-man a man who works in a quarry.—adj. Quarr′y-faced rough-faced.—ns. Quarr′ying-machine′ a rock-drill; Quarr′y-wa′ter the water contained in the pores of stone while unquarried or newly quarried before its evaporation.

n. a small square tile.—adj. Quarr′ied paved with such.

編輯:苏珊娜