yard
n. 院子; 场地; 园圃; 码(长度单位,等于91
A yard is a unit of length equal to thirty-six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres.
The incident took place about 500 yards from where he was standing...
事件发生在距他所站位置大约500码远的地方。
A few yards away, Jos Vargas stands beside his small home.
几码之外,乔斯·瓦尔加斯站在他的小房子旁边。
A yard is a flat area of concrete or stone that is next to a building and often has a wall around it.
I saw him standing in the yard.
我看到他站在院子里。
You can refer to a large open area where a particular type of work is done as a yard.
...a railway yard.
铁路调车场
...a ship repair yard.
船舶修理场
A yard is a piece of land next to someone's house, with grass and plants growing in it.
He dug a hole in our yard on Edgerton Avenue to plant a maple tree when I was born.
我出生的时候,他在埃杰顿大街我们家的园圃里挖了个坑,种了棵枫树。
1. a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
2. the enclosed land around a house or other building;
3. a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings);
4. an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
5. an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
6. a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
7. a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
8. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
by the yard
大量地
the Yard
(英,非正式)。 同 Scotland Yard
He piled up fallen leaves in a corner of the yard.
他把落叶堆积在院子一角.
Deer yard in that area.
鹿集居在那个地区.
Vines straggled over the yard.
葡萄树在院子里蔓生.
In spring the yard has a freshening aspect.
春天,院子里呈现出一派清新的景象.
Her mother had mentioned how colorful the yard was, now that spring had arrived.
她母亲提到由于春天已经来到,院子里已是五彩缤纷, 非常美丽.