English Dictionary

quarry

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkwɒɹ.i/

動詞

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

日本語の意味

獲物を追いかけて、捕まえたり仕留めたりする。特に猛禽類（ハゲワシやハーピー）のように、他の動物を捕食する行為。

At dawn the hawk would quarry the field mice near the barn.

夜明けにそのタカは納屋の近くの野ネズミを捕まえた。

意味（1）

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

What's an Eternal Circulation of the ſame Things, as well as the ſame Steps, without Advancing one Inch of Ground towards his Journey's End, but Ixion in the Wheel? And all this while, with Cares, and Horrors at his Heart, like the Vultur that's Day and Night Quarrying upon Prometheus's Liver.

quarries （ present singular third-person ）

quarrying （ participle present ）

quarried （ participle past ）

quarried （ past ）