quarry1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈkwɒrɪ]
	      			DJ: [ˈkwɒri]
  
    n.[C]
    
      - (採)石場;露天礦場
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This mountain was the site for a 
quarry.
這座山曾經有一個採石場。
 
      - (知識等的)豐富源泉;(消息等的)來源[(+of)]
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Each sentence seems a 
quarry of rich meditations.
每一句話似乎都給人以許多冥思默想。
 
    
    vt.
    
      - 從採石場採得[(+from)]
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The workmen 
quarried out a huge block of marble.
工人們從採石場採得一塊很大的大理石。
 
      - 從(書本等中)努力發掘(資料等)[(+from)]
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 在採石場採石
 
      - 努力發掘
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He spent much time in 
quarrying in old records.
他花了很多時間從舊記錄中尋找資料。
 
    
   
 
  
    
quarry2
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈkwɒrɪ]
	      			DJ: [ˈkwɒri]
  
    n.[C]
    
      - 獵物(指鳥,獸等)
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The hounds are getting close to their 
quarry.
獵狗正在接近獵物。
 
      - 被追逐的目標
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The policeman watched his 
quarry go into a bar.
警察看著他在追捕的人走進一家酒吧。
 
    
   
 
  
    
quarry3
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈkwɒrɪ]
	      			DJ: [ˈkwɒri]
  
    n.
    
      - (格窗等的)方形玻璃,菱形玻璃
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This window was filled with old painted glass in 
quarries.
這窗戶是由舊日的彩色菱形玻璃裝配的。
 
      - 方形石,菱形石
 
    
   
 
  
    
quarry1
  
  n.
 (pl. quarries)
 a place, typically a large pit, from which stone or other materials may be extracted.
v.
 (quarries, quarrying, quarried)
 extract from a quarry. 
▸cut into (rock or ground) to obtain stone or other materials.
 
  Derivative
  
    - quarrier n.
  - quarryman n. 
(pl. quarrymen)
. 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from a var. of med. L. quareria, from OFr. quarriere, based on L. quadrum ‘a square’.
 
  
    
quarry2
  
  n.
 (pl. quarries)
 an animal being hunted. 
▸a person or thing being chased or sought.
 
  Etymology
  ME (orig. denoting the parts of a deer placed on a hide for the hounds): from OFr. cuiree, alt. of couree, based on L. cor ‘heart’.
 
  
    
quarry3
  
  n.
 (pl. quarries)
  - a diamond-shaped pane in a lattice window.
 - 
(also quarry tile)
 an unglazed floor tile.
 
 
  Etymology
  C16: alt. of quarrel2, which in ME denoted a lattice windowpane.