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Quarry
Description
A quarry is an animal that people or animals hunt, or a place where stone is taken from the ground. As a verb, quarry means to hunt an animal or remove stone from the ground.
The word is used in hunting and mining, and it can be a noun or a verb.
Meanings
quarry
採石場；石を掘り出す場所
The workers dug stone from the quarry.
quarry
狩猟の獲物；追跡される人や動物
The fox became the hunters' quarry.
quarry
石を採石場から掘り出す
They quarry limestone near the coast.
Notes
- Grammar
可算名詞または他動詞。動詞はやや専門的で、採石について使う。
- Nuance
huntingでは、単なる獲物より「追われている獲物」という意味合いが強い。
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