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quarryman

/kwawr-ee-muhn, kwor-/US // ˈkwɔr i mən, ˈkwɒr- //UK // (ˈkwɒrɪmən) //

采石工人,采石工,采石人,石匠

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural quar·ry·men.

    • : a person who quarries stone; quarrier.

Examples

  • Trevithick's high-pressure steam boring engine enabled him to penetrate the rock five times as fast as the quarryman's power.

  • "It is there that Azenor the Pale, the sorceress of Neroweg, carries on her witchcraft," answered the quarryman in a hollow voice.

  • Joan and Colombaik, having drawn near the quarryman, listened in silence to his dialogue with Neroweg.

  • As robust as the quarryman, this man made violent efforts to extricate himself from the embrace of the serf.

  • Hardly had the quarryman pronounced these words when the door flew open, and a young and attractive woman entered with a pert air.