quarry

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

quarry [quarry quarries quarried quarrying] noun, verb BrE [ˈkwɒri] NAmE [ˈkwɔːri] NAmE [ˈkwɑːri]
noun (pl. quarries)
1. countable a place where large amounts of stone, etc. are dug out of the ground
•a slate quarry
•the site of a disused quarry
compare ↑mine _n. (¹)
2. singular an animal or a person that is being hunted or followed
Syn: ↑prey
•The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest.
•The photographers pursued their quarry through the streets.

Word Origin:
n. sense 1 and v. Middle English medieval Latin quareria Old French quarriere Latin quadrum ‘a square’ n. sense 2 Middle English Old French cuiree cuir ‘leather’ curer ‘clean, disembowel’ couree Latin cor ‘heart’
Derived Word: ↑quarrying
 
verb (quar·ries, quarry·ing, quar·ried, quar·ried)transitive, intransitive
to take stone, etc. out of a ↑quarry
•~ sth (from/out of sth) The local rock is quarried from the hillside.
•~ (for) sth The area is being quarried for limestone.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. sense 1 and v. Middle English medieval Latin quareria Old French quarriere Latin quadrum ‘a square’ n. sense 2 Middle English Old French cuiree cuir ‘leather’ curer ‘clean, disembowel’ couree Latin cor ‘heart’
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  prey, pit, stone pit, target, fair game