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quarry1/ˈkwɒri/ n. & v.●n. (pl. -ies) 1 an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its bed 采石 2 a place from which stone etc. may be extracted 采石场；矿场 3 a source of information, knowledge, etc. 消息的出处，知识的来源 ●v. (-ies, -ied) 1 tr. extract (stone) from a quarry 从采石场采(石等) 2 tr. extract (facts etc.) laboriously from books etc. (从书中等)苦心找出(证据等) 3 intr. laboriously search documents etc. 苦心寻找(文件记录等) [Middle English via medieval Latin quare(r)ia and Old French quarriere from Latinquadrum ‘square’] |