请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 quar
释义

quarn.1

Brit. /kwɑː/, U.S. /kwɑr/
Forms: late Middle English qwar (East Anglian), 1500s–1600s quarre, 1600s– quar, 1600s– quarr; English regional 1700s cuar (Gloucestershire), 1700s cuarr (Gloucestershire), 1700s quaar (Gloucestershire), 1800s– quar' (Somerset).
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: quarry n.2
Etymology: Variant of quarry n.2, with loss of the second syllable.Some early examples of the form quarre could alternatively be interpreted as showing quarry n.2 Apparently attested earlier as a place name:1247 in H. Kökeritz Place-names Isle of Wight (1940) 44 Quarr.
Now English regional (west midlands and south-western).
= quarry n.2 1a.In quot. 1632 figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > dead body > [noun] > pile of
quar?a1475
quarry1573
carnage1667
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > quarry > [noun]
quarrera1375
quarrel1377
quarrya1382
quar?a1475
glory-hole1902
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > mass of stone
quarrya1398
quar?a1475
block1530
?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 361 Qwarere, or qwar of stone, lapidicina.
?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Ciiv Stonys owte of anny quarre or rokk.
1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iv. 61 Stedfaster than any Rocke or Quarre of what euer stone it be.
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxvi. 124 Shee Mil-stones from the Quarrs, with sharpned picks could get.
1632 B. Jonson Magn. Lady i The very Agat Of State and Politie: cut from the Quar of Macchiavel.
1672 W. S. Poems B. Johnson Junior Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Aston a Stone cut from the marble Quar.
a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 243 Lyke..Veynes of brown hue yn a Marble Cuar.
1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 347 [Gloucestershire] A Quarr vel Cuarr—pro Quarrie, Latomia.
1789 Jolly Compan. 14 The stones that built George Ridler's oven, And they came from the Blackeney's quar.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) I do work in the quar vor Mr. Russell.
1899 S. Baring-Gould Furze Bloom 96 The Quar was, in fact, an abortive attempted excavation for granite.
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 254 The stone fresh from the ‘quarrs’ is amber.
1979 N. Rogers Wessex Dial. 85/1 Quar, a quarry.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
quar-man n. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > quarrier > [noun]
quarrel man1377
quarrier1399
quarryman1442
quar-man1606
stone-getter1688
stone-drawer1703
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 71 The sturdy Quar-man with steel-headed Cones And massie Sledges slenteth out the Stones.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Quar-man, labourer in a quarry; also the proprietor or lessee of a quarry.
quar-pit n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
a1742 J. Dutton Acct. Bk. in Garden Hist. (1995) 23 140 Removing ye Mount at my New Park and carrying it into ye Quar Pits.
1851 P. Heylin Memorial of Bishop Waynflete 38 Headington's deep Quarr-pits.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Quar-pit, a quarry, usually a small one.
C2.
quar-martin n. English regional (Wiltshire) rare the sand martin, Riparia riparia, which nests in holes that it excavates in sandy cliffs and banks.
ΚΠ
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 169 These birds are called by the labourers ‘quar-martins’, because they breed in holes drilled in the face of the sandy precipices of quarries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quarn.2

Forms: 1500s querre, 1600s quar, 1600s quarre, 1600s–1700s quarr.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: quarry n.3
Etymology: Variant of quarry n.3, with loss of the second syllable.
Obsolete.
A square tile or pane of glass; = quarry n.3 1, 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials in specific shape or form > [noun] > square
quarry1555
quar1556
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > pane > in lattice window
quarrel1458
quarry1537
quar1556
1556–7 Chamberlain's Accts. in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1905) III. 87 Reparacions..13 fote of glasse in querres and for caryage from London 5s. 5d.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 72 What mightie Rowlers, and what massie Cars Could bring so far so many monstrous Quars [Fr. quarreaux]?
1617 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 73 Item xix quarres mendid in the other windowes.
1716 J. Laurence Gardening Improv'd 104 If it [sc. a slope] were paved with Brick, Stone or Quarrs, which is very adviseable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

quarv.1

Brit. /kwɔː/, U.S. /kwɔr/
Forms: 1500s querre, 1500s–1600s quarre, 1600s– quar, 1800s quarr.
Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English verb *cweorran (compare Old English acworren suffering from overindulgence, bloated, metecweorra surfeit, indigestion), cognate with the first element of Old High German querdar bait (Middle High German querder , German †Kerder , †Körder , etc. (now (with loss of pre-consonantal r ) Köder )), ultimately < an ablaut variant of the Indo-European base of classical Latin vorāre to devour (see vorant adj.). Perhaps compare earlier quirt v.1, querken v., and later quar v.2
Now rare.
1. transitive. To choke or block up (a river or channel); (occasionally more generally) to fill up. English regional (west midlands) in later use.In quot. a1903 in passive: (of leaves, etc.) to build up so as to form a blockage.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up
fordita800
forstop?c1225
estopa1420
accloy1422
ferma1522
clam1527
quar1542
cloy1548
dam1553
occlude1581
clog1586
impeach1586
bung1589
gravel1602
impediment1610
stifle1631
foul1642
obstipate1656
obturate1657
choke1669
blockade1696
to flop up1838
jama1865
to ball up1884
gunge1976
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage
forsetc900
withseta1300
stop13..
speara1325
withsperre1330
to stop one's way1338
shut1362
forbara1375
beseta1400
stopc1400
precludea1513
interclude1526
to shut up1526
forestall1528
fence1535
hedge1535
quar1542
foreclose1548
forestop1566
to flounder up1576
obstruct1578
bar1590
retrench1590
to shut the door in (also upon) (a person's) face1596
barricade1606
barricado1611
thwartc1630
blocka1644
overthwart1654
rebarricado1655
to choke up1673
blockade1696
embarrass1735
snow1816
roadblock1950
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 9 §1 The mouth and hole channell of the saide hauen is so heaped and quarred with stones and robull of balastes of the shippes.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 12 But as a Miller hauing ground his grist, Lets downe his flood-gates with a speedy fall, And quarring vp the passage therewithall, The waters swell in spleene.
1637 Lett. Patent 1 Dec. in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1883) i. App. 281/1 The said harbour [sc. Plymouth harbour] of late yeares is much decayed and quard vp with gravell sand stones and ballast.
1897 H. Kingsford Vigornian Monologues xxi. 31 Mah yud fils as if a wuz riglar quarred hup o' farty ar fifty humbuzzes like, ar moer.
a1903 H. Kingsford in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 667/2 [Worcester] When the leaves and all gets quarred up there, there can't nothin' go through it.
2. intransitive. Of a channel: to become choked or silted up. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [verb (intransitive)] > be choked with silt
swarve1485
quar1584
silt1799
1584–5 Act 27 Eliz. c. 20 §1 Where also the said hauen of Plymmouth..doth dayly querre and fill with the sand of the Tinne-workes and Mynes.
1883 W. W. Skeat in Weekly Mercury (Plymouth) 20 Oct. 6/2 I have little doubt that quarr, to choke up, or rather to become choked up, is a corruption..of the old word querken also quarken, to choke, stifle, suffocate.

Derivatives

quarring n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1628 R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) II. 257 Provided..he do nothing to the preiudice of my yron worcks, or stopping or quarreing vp of the River.
1682 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning 380 By reason of the quarring of the said Chanel, a great part thereof runneth from Shrewes-nest to Salters lode.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quarv.2

Brit. /kwɔː/, U.S. /kwɔr/
Forms: 1500s 1800s– quar, 1900s– quarry (English regional (south-western)).
Origin: Of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps the same word as quar v.1 Perhaps compare later quarl v.
Now rare (English regional (south-western) in later use).
intransitive. To curdle, coagulate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [verb (intransitive)] > curdle or become curdled
runeOE
loppera1300
curda1398
to run togethera1398
quaila1425
trout1483
lop1570
turn1577
quar1578
curdle1586
caille1601
to set together1608
set1736
whig1756
shill1876
clabber1880
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > be thick enough to retain form [verb (intransitive)] > coagulate
runeOE
curda1382
congealc1400
clotterc1405
clodder1499
cludder1540
yearna1568
quar1578
curdle1586
clot1591
coagulate1600
clod1639
concoagulate1666
earn1670
set1736
keech1863
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxiv. 246 It..keepeth the mylke from quarring and crudding in the brest [Fr. il..faict que le laict nese grumelle ou cueille point; Du. ende en laet dat melck niet clouteren oft tsamen].
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Engrumecer To clot, to quar like cold blood.
1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire 29 Quar, to coagulate—applied to milk in the breast.
1903 W. F. Rose in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 667/2 [Somerset] They didn' look to her, and so her milk quarried, and she went off her head.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

quarv.3

Brit. /kwɑː/, U.S. /kwɑr/
Forms: 1700s– quarring (present participle), 1800s– quar, 1800s– quarr.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quar n.1
Etymology: < quar n.1 Compare earlier quarry v.2Occasional occurrences of the forms quarring and quarred outside English regional use probably simply show typographical errors for quarrying and quarried.
English regional (west midlands and south-western). Now rare.
transitive. To quarry (stone). Also occasionally intransitive.
ΚΠ
1797 J. Billingsley Gen. View Agric. Somerset (new ed.) xii. 131 Three-pence per cartload quarring the stones, and three-pence per load halling.
1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 62 Quar, to raise stone from a quarry.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) We can quar stones here 'most any size.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. 127 Quar, Quarr, to work as a quarryman.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1?a1475n.21556v.11542v.21578v.31797
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/24 13:29:32