单词	quarry
释义	quarry1 nounquarry2 verb quarryquar‧ry1 /ˈkwɒri $ ˈkwɔː-, ˈkwɑː-/ noun (plural quarries) Word Origin WORD ORIGINquarry1 Origin: 1 1300-1400 Old French quarriere, from an unrecorded quarre ‘square stone’, from Latin quadrum ‘square’2 1400-1500 Old French cuiree ‘inside parts of a killed animal given to the hunting dogs’, probably from Late Latin corata, from Latin cor ‘heart’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The hunter closed in on his quarry. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After that, I just stayed out at the quarries. Carrara's alps of marble could not match the limestone quarries near Wenlock Edge for sheer potential. He'd spent days up on the cliff behind the quarry, watching them take off. It did so by contrasting the answers from two workers who were busily wielding sledgehammers in a rock quarry. Maggie likes to walk in the Red Deeps, a forested abandoned quarry, and Phillip Wakem encounters her there one afternoon. The alternatives were either to make a massive quarry or to mine into the fell. There was a truck parked in front of the quarry. word sets WORD SETS► Industry aggregate, nounalloy, nounamber, nounanneal, verbarc welding, nounasbestos, nounassay, verbautomaker, nounaviation, nounBakelite, nounbasketry, nounbenzene, nounbevel, nounbiodegradable, adjectiveblast, verbblast furnace, nounboom, nounboom town, nounbore, verbbore, nounborehole, nounby-product, nouncane, nouncast, verbcasting, nouncedar, nounchipboard, nounchippings, nouncoalface, nouncollier, nouncolliery, nounconcentrate, nouncondenser, nounconstruction, nounconstructor, nounconverter, nouncork, nouncottage industry, nouncross-grained, adjectivecrude, adjectivedeskill, verbdetonate, verbdetonator, noundetoxification, noundevelopment, noundie, noundie casting, noundiesel, noundiesel fuel, noundiggings, noundrill, verbdrive, verbelectronics, nounend product, nounepoxy resin, nounextrude, verbfabricate, verbfabrication, nounforge, nounfound, verbfoundry, nounglass fibre, noungoldmine, nounground glass, nounhigh technology, nounindustrial, adjectiveindustrial archaeology, nounindustrialism, nounindustrialist, nounindustrialization, nouningot, nouninstallation, nounjute, nounlaminate, nounlaminated, adjectivelaser, nounlatex, nounlight industry, nounlime, nounlode, nounlow-tech, adjectivelubricant, nounlubricate, verbmacadam, nounmacerate, verbmachine, verbmachine tool, nounmachinist, nounmaker, nounmanganese, nounmanufacture, verbmanufacture, nounmasonry, nounmaterial, nounmatrix, nounmeat-packing, nounmetal, nounmetal fatigue, nounmetallic, adjectivemetallurgy, nounmetalwork, nounmill, verbmine, nounmine, verbminer, nounmining, nounmodular, adjectivemodule, nounmolten, adjectivemolybdenum, nounmortise, nounmother lode, nounmould, verbmoulding, nounochre, nounoff-cut, nounoil, nounoil paint, nounopencast, adjectiveoxyacetylene, nounpackaging, nounpaint stripper, nounpaintwork, nounpaling, nounpallet, nounpan, nounpanelling, nounpanel pin, nounpaper, adjectivepapier mâché, nounpatent leather, nounperfumery, nounpit, nounpitch, nounpithead, nounplane, verbplant, nounplywood, nounpost-industrial, adjectiveprocess, nounproduce, verbproduct, nounproduction, nounproductivity, nounpulp, verbpump, verbPVC, nounquarry, nounquartz, nounready-made, adjectiverefine, verbrefined, adjectivereprocess, verbroller, nounrough-hewn, adjectiverubber, nounsafety lamp, nounsandblast, verbsealskin, nounshaft, nounshavings, nounsheeting, nounsheet metal, nounshipbuilder, nounskilled, adjectiveslag, nounslag heap, nounsludge, nounslurry, nounsmelt, verbsmith, nounsmithy, nounsmokestack, nounsmokestack industry, nounsoftwood, nounsolder, nounsolder, verbsoldering iron, nounspirit level, nounspray paint, nounsteam, nounsteel, nounstrip mine, nounStyrofoam, nounsunrise industry, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbtannery, nountemper, verbtensile strength, nountextile, nounthree-ply, adjectiveunrefined, adjectiveunvarnished, adjectiveupright, nounvarnish, nounvat, nounvinyl, nounvulcanize, verbwarehouse, nounwattle, nounwax, nounwaxen, adjectivewaxy, adjectiveweld, verbweld, nounwelder, nounwickerwork, nounwire, nounwood, nounwood pulp, nounwork, verbworking, nounworkshop, nounwrought iron, nounyarn, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► disused · They looked down into the big disused quarry.· In a disused limestone quarry we tackled one of these obstacles safely, once we had been told how to do it.· Head west on it to Dancing Ledge - a disused cliff quarry. ► old · This museum will feature information boards and relics recovered from the old quarry.· Cars may be parked in an old quarry near the railway bridge.· Inquest opens: An inquest opened yesterday on two teenagers who died in an old quarry pond.· The castle, built on the site of an old quarry, has cost just under £2million. NOUN► slate · It depended for its prosperity on the local slate quarries and when these ran into trouble so did the railway.· The giant slate quarries and tips of waste rock at Llanberis and Bethesda are great scars on the landscape.· We then cycled uphill to the town of Rosebush with its deserted slate quarries.· Many Lake District slate quarries are still working, but of course modern roads and vehicles make the job much less dangerous now.· Both slate quarries are open daily April to October, 100.00 a.m. -5.30 p.m.· From directly above them came a noise like an explosion in a slate quarry.· Activity in the slate quarries continues with a mightily impressive new route at Hodge Close from Paul Cornforth. 1[countable] a place where large amounts of stone or sand are dug out of the ground:  a slate quarry2[singular] the person or animal that you are hunting or chasing:  Briefly, the hunter and his quarry glared at each other. quarry1 nounquarry2 verb quarryquarry2 verb (past tense and past participle quarried, present participle quarrying, third person singular quarries) [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE quarry Simple Form Present I, you, we, they quarry he, she, it quarries Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they quarried Present perfect I, you, we, they have quarried he, she, it has quarried Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had quarried Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will quarry Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have quarried Continuous Form Present I am quarrying he, she, it is quarrying you, we, they are quarrying Past I, he, she, it was quarrying you, we, they were quarrying Present perfect I, you, we, they have been quarrying he, she, it has been quarrying Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been quarrying Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be quarrying Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been quarrying Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS The Romans did not quarry the most accessible stones. to dig stone or sand from a quarryquarry something for something The rock here is quarried for building stones.quarry something from something Chalk is quarried from the surrounding area.—quarrying noun [uncountable]
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