quarry
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/ˈkwɑːri/
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/ˈkwɒri/
A place where stone or other materials are excavated from the ground.
We went to the quarry to find different kinds of rocks.
私たちは岩を探しに採石場に行きました。
A person or animal that is being pursued or hunted.
The fox was the quarry of the hunting dogs.
キツネは猟犬の獲物でした。
To excavate stone or other materials from the ground.
The workers quarried marble from the hillside for the new monument.
労働者は新しい記念碑のために斜面から大理石を採取しました。