单词详解

1. n. [C]

A. 院子，天井，庭院 (the enclosed land around a house or other building)

It was a small house with almost no yard. 那是一个小房子，几乎没有院子。

She raises chickens in the yard. 她在院子里养鸡。

He parked his car in the yard. 他把车停在院子里。

His quiet home sits back in his yard. 他那幽静的家坐落在庭院里端。

B. 【美】后院

The lady planted many roses in her yard. 这位女士在她的后院里栽种了很多玫瑰花。

C. 码（英美长度单位，=3英尺）(a unit of length equal to 3 feet, defined as 91.44 centimeters, originally taken to be the average length of a stride)

One yard is nearly a meter in length. 一码约等于一公尺长。

Three feet make one yard. 三英尺为一码。

2. vt.

把（家畜，家禽）赶入圈栏

He had to yard the sheep after the hill was banned grazing.

小山禁止放牧以后他不得不将羊圈养起来。

相关词组

by the yard 按码计费

Cloth is sold by the yard. 布是按码卖的。

相关单词

过去式：yarded

过去分词：yarded

现在分词：yarding

第三人称单数：yards

复数：yards