quarry

quarry1
(pl. -ies)
  1. a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted
    采石场；露天矿场
(-ies, -ied)
  1. [with obj.]extract (stone or other materials) from a quarry
    采掘（石料或其他材料）
    ■cut into (rock or ground) to obtain stone or other materials
    开凿（岩石）采石；挖掘（地面）采矿
quarrier
noun
语源
  1. Middle English: from a variant of medieval Latin quareria, from Old French quarriere, based on Latin quadrum 'a square'. The verb dates from the late 18th cent
quarry2
(pl. -ies)
  1. an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey
    猎物
    ■a thing or person that is chased or sought
    被追逐的目标；被追捕的人
    the security police crossed the border in pursuit of their quarry.
    秘密警察跨越国界追捕目标。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French cuiree, alteration, influenced by cuir 'leather' and curer 'clean, disembowel', of couree, based on Latin cor 'heart'. Originally the term denoted the parts of a deer that were placed on the hide and given as a reward to the hounds
quarry3
(pl. -ies)
  1. a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows
    （格窗上用的）方形玻璃，菱形玻璃
  2. (亦作 quarry tile)an unglazed floor tile
    缸砖，大铺地砖
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): alteration of quarrel, which in late Middle English denoted a lattice windowpane
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