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单词 quarried
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quarried in British English

past participle of verb, past tense of verb
quarry1 (sense 3), quarry1 (sense 4), quarry1 (sense 5)
 

quarry in British English 1

(ˈkwɒrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ries
1. 
an open surface excavation for the extraction of building stone, slate, marble, etc, by drilling, blasting, or cutting
2. 
a copious source of something, esp information
verbWord forms: -ries, -rying or -ried
3. 
to extract (stone, slate, etc) from or as if from a quarry
4. (transitive)
to excavate a quarry in
5. 
to obtain (something, esp information) diligently and laboriously
he was quarrying away in the reference library
Word origin
C15: from Old French quarriere, from quarre (unattested) square-shaped stone, from Latin quadrāre to make square

Examples of 'quarried' in a sentence
quarried

It was here that stone had been quarried to pave the track in the days when it had been properly maintained.
Innes, Hammond HIGH STAND
It's hard to find newly quarried stones in the size and thickness he needs.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Texts, in this model, are like hardened, segmented rock that can be 'quarried'.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
A crane looms above the vast hole quarried for the new stand.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
First opened in 1919, it is three miles long and conveyed locally quarried sand.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Some manufacturers provide comparative information for their products, including details on quarried stone, which is also in widespread use.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is an enormous undertaking with 30,000 tonnes of stone that needs to be quarried, shaped and placed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It was built as a farmhouse in 1640, using stone quarried from the limestone fells.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Over millions of years the lake mud became bituminous shale, which was then quarried for fuel.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He built the house from cedarwood logged from the forest behind, and stone he quarried himself.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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