| 单词 | quarry |
| 释义 | quarry 1. n. & v. --n (pl. -ies) 1. an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its bed. 2. a place from which stone etc. may be extracted. 3. a source of information, knowledge, etc. --v (-ies, -ied) 1. tr. extract (stone) from a quarry. 2. tr. extract (facts etc.) laboriously from books etc. 3. intr. laboriously search documents etc. Etymology: ME f. med.L quare(r)ia f. OF quarriere f. L quadrum square 2. n. (pl. -ies) 1. the object of pursuit by a bird of prey, hounds, hunters, etc. 2. an intended victim or prey. Etymology: ME f. AF f. OF cuiree, couree (assim. to cuir leather and curer disembowel) ult. f. L cor heart: orig. = parts of deer placed on hide and given to hounds 3. n. (pl. -ies) 1. a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows. 2. (in full quarry tile) an unglazed floor-tile. Etymology: a later form of QUARREL(2) in the same sense |
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