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Quarry Animal Hunted Called Hole Heart Kwɔːri N.采石场

Front quarry
Pron ['kwɔːri]
Back 【quarry】
n.采石场
Thousands of men and women are working in the quarry to get stones for use in building the castle.
数以千计的男人和女人们在采石场掘取筑城堡用的石头。
Vocab
quarryanimal hunted or caught for food

Both meanings of quarry have to do with going after something. An animal being hunted is called quarry, and when you dig a hole in the earth looking for rocks, both the digging and the hole are called quarry as well.

Gross fact: Quarry derives from the Latin cor "heart," because hunters used to drape the entrails of their chosen quarry on their dogs' backs. The origin in a word for "heart" can help you remember both quarries: a rock quarry is searching down toward the heart of the earth; a stag's heart is considered a hunter's greatest prize.

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