名词院子; 场地; 码（等于3英尺或36英寸或0。9144米）; 帆桁
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1. She raises chickens in the yard.
她在院子里养鸡。
2. One yard is nearly a meter in length.
一码约等于一公尺长。
3. Can you still buy cloth by the yard in Britain?
在英国还能按码买布吗？
4. Came and play in our back yard.
到我们的后院来玩吧。
1. 院：美国人把旧的家具、衣服、孩子们过去玩的玩具等一堆堆地放在家门口廉价出售(onsale),大多数都会在自己的后院或前院(yard)树立招牌,设立启示牌,yardsale由此得名.
2. 院子：2.1 院子(Yard) 中国文化中的庭院及美国文化中的院子,都不完全等同于花园,如果比较一个独立家居的三个概念,即地块、院子和花园的话,那么地块意味着地产,院子则意味着一个围合的,具有于某种功能的场所,
3. yard：yd; 码
1. 码（长度单位，等于36英寸或约91.4厘米）
A yard is a unit of length equal to thirty-six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
2. 院子;庭院
A yard is a flat area of concrete or stone that is next to a building and often has a wall around it.
e.g. I saw him standing in the yard.
我看到他站在院子里。
3. （进行某项作业的）区域，场地，工场
You can refer to a large open area where a particular type of work is done as a yard.
e.g. ...a railway yard.
铁路调车场
e.g. ...a ship repair yard.
船舶修理场
4. （住宅旁的）园圃，花园
A yard is a piece of land next to someone's house, with grass and plants growing in it.
yard是什么意思
e.g. 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。