yard 详细解释
yard
[jɑ:d]
n.院子, 庭院
n.码(长度单位)
n.[C]
1. 码(英美长度单位; =3英尺)
One yard is nearly a meter in length.
一码约等于一公尺长。
2. 【海】(帆)桁
3. (沙、土等的)立方码
4. 【口】很长的长度; 很大的数量[P1]
词形变化
动词过去式: yarded | 动词过去分词: yarded | 动词现在分词: yarding | 动词第三人称单数: yards |
英英释义
名词 yard:
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
同义词：pace
the enclosed land around a house or other building
a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
同义词：railway yard
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
同义词：cubic yard
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
同义词：thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou
a tract of land where logs are accumulated
补充
yardyard英:[jɑ:d] 美:[jɑrd]n.1.院子You can play outside, but you must not leave the yard.你可以在外面玩, 但不得离开院子。The children are playing in the yard.孩子们正在院子里玩耍。2.场地I work in the railway yards.我在铁路调车场工作。3.码(等于3英尺或36英寸或0.9144米)You can still buy cloth by the yard in this country.在这个国家买布还论码。He was standing under a tree about ten yards away.他站在约十码远的一棵树下。We need 3 cubic yards of sand.我们需要3立方码的沙子。例句
1. The incident took place about 500 yards from his house.事件发生在离他房子大约500码远的地方。 2. The children were playing in the yard.孩子们在操场上玩。 3. a ship repair yard船舶修理场 4. a used-car yard二手车交易市场 5. a builder's yard建筑工地 6. Hugh and Rose were celebrating their ruby wedding anniversary, complete with uniformed caterers and florists, the whole nine yards.休和罗斯在庆祝红宝石婚, 请了身穿制服的酒席承办人, 定了花商, 该有的全有了。 7. yards and yards of fine lace.很长很长的精制花边。 8. golf continues to inspire books by the yard.高尔夫球运动继续促进书籍大量出版。 9. a builder's yard.一处建筑工地。 10. sheep should be yarded even in the spring.即使在春季也该把羊驱入圈栏。 11. a school/prison yard学校的操场；监狱的放风场 12. a shipyard/boatyard造船厂 13. Our house is 100 yards from the supermarket.我们的房子距超级市场100码。 14. Children were playing out in the yard. [=(Brit) garden]孩子们那时正在院子里玩耍。 15. a tree in the back/front yard后院/前院的一棵树 16. the prison yard [=grounds]监狱放风场 17. a rail yard [=a place where railroad cars are kept and repaired]铁路场站 18. We have 10 yards of rope.我们有10码长的绳子。 19. The football player ran for 35 yards.橄榄球队员跑了35码。 20. 40 square yards of carpeting*40平方码的地毯 21. the 100-yard dash*100码短跑 22. a cubic yard一立方码 23. "I served a huge Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie—the whole nine yards. [=all the foods that are traditionally served for Thanksgiving dinner]"我做了一顿丰盛的感恩节大餐，有火鸡、土豆泥、南瓜饼——一样都不少。 24. "If we're going to replace the cabinets, we might as well go the whole nine yards [=do everything that there is to do] and remodel the entire kitchen."咱们要是更换橱柜的话，不妨彻底把整个厨房重新改造一番。