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单词 quarry-water
释义

quarry1 /kworˈi/

noun
  1. An open excavation for building-stone, slate, etc
  2. Any source of building-stone, etc
  3. A great mass of stone or rock (obsolete)
  4. A source from which information can be extracted (figurative)
transitive verb (quarrˈying; quarrˈied)
  1. To dig from, or as from, a quarry
  2. To cut into or cut away
  3. To extract (information) from a source
ORIGIN: LL quareia, for quadrāria, from L quadrāre to square

quarrˈiable adjective

quarrˈier noun

A quarryman

quarrˈyman noun

A man who works in a quarry

quarrˈymaster noun

The owner of a quarry

quarrˈy-sap or quarrˈy-water noun

The water in the pores of unquarried or newly quarried stone

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