quarried

n.采石场；猎获物；来源；被追逐的目标

v.挖出；苦心找出

This mountain was the site for a quarry. 这座山曾经有一个采石场。

The horseman aimed his lance at his quarry. 骑手把长矛对准了他的猎物。

Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations. 每一句话似乎都给人以许多冥思默想。

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。

Detectives kept the quarry under surveillance for weeks. 侦探们监测那个目标已有好几个星期了。

We watched the workmen quarry out a huge block of marble . 我们看到劳工们挖出一大块大理石。

They are quarrying in old manuscripts. 他们正在旧手稿中寻找资料。