quarry
/ˈkwɔrɪ; ?@ ˈkwɔ:rɪ; `kwɔrɪ/ n
(a) animal or bird that is being hunted 正在被捕猎的鸟兽
The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest. 猎人失去了在林中追捕的鸟兽踪影.
(b) person or thing that is being looked for or pursued eagerly 被寻找或追逐的人或事物
It took the police several days to track down their quarry. 警方用了几天时间追查到案中目标.
quarry / ˈkwɔrɪ; ?@ ˈkwɔ:rɪ; `kwɔrɪ/ n place where stone, slate, etc is extracted from the ground 采石场; 石矿. Cf 参看 mine2 1. quarry, v (pt, pp quarried)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ A for B/B from A; ~ sth out (of sth) extract (stone, etc) from (a quarry) 从（采石场）采（石等）
quarrying the hillside for granite 从山坡上采花岗石
quarry out a block of marble 挖出一块大理石.
2 [Ipr] search with great effort for information, etc 大力搜寻资料等
quarrying in old documents for historical evidence 查阅旧文件以寻找历史证据.