yard

英 [jɑːd]

美 [jɑːrd]

n. 院子; (某种用途的)区域，场地; 码(长度单位，等于3英尺或0.9144米)

复数：yards　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1370 / COCA.1035

习惯用语

give sb an inch (and they'll take a mile/yard)

得寸进尺
used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more

the whole nine yards

一切；全部
everything, or a situation which includes everything
When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert.
丹做饭总是全份的：三道菜，外加一道甜食。

noun

院子
an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall
院子
an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall
（某种用途的）区域，场地
an area of land used for a special purpose or business
1. a boat yard
  船坞
码（长度单位，等于3英尺或0.9144米）
a unit for measuring length, equal to 3 feet (36 inches) or 0.9144 of a metre
帆桁
a long piece of wood fastened to a mast that supports a sail on a boat or ship

N-COUNT 码（长度单位，等于36英寸或约91.4厘米）
Ayardis a unit of length equal to thirty-six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres.
1. 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。
2. 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。
3. ...a long narrow strip of linen two or three yards long.
  两三码长的细长亚麻布条
4. ...a yard of silk.
  一码丝绸
N-COUNT 院子;庭院
Ayardis a flat area of concrete or stone that is next to a building and often has a wall around it.
1. I saw him standing in the yard.
  我看到他站在院子里。
N-COUNT （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 ayard.
1. ...a railway yard.
  铁路调车场
2. ...a ship repair yard.
  船舶修理场
N-COUNT （住宅旁的）园圃，花园
Ayardis a piece of land next to someone's house, with grass and plants growing in it.
1. 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。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用garden

noun

an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
the enclosed land around a house or other building
1. it was a small house with almost no yard
Synonym:groundscurtilage
an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
Synonym:railway yardrailyard
a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
1. they opened a repair yard on the edge of town
a tract of land where logs are accumulated
a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
Synonym:cubic yard
a unit of length equal to 3 feet
Synonym:pace
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Synonym:thousandone thousand1000MKchiliadGgrandthou

In a coded telephone warning, Scotland Yard were told four bombs had been planted in the area.
伦敦警察厅从一个加密的电话警告中得知该地区被安放了4枚炸弹。
He was frog-marched through the kitchen and out into the yard
他被扭住双臂强推着走过厨房，来到院子里。
He cleared all the stones from the yard.
他把院子里所有的石块都清除了。
Don't throw the slops in the yard.
别把脏水泼到院子里。
She sat on a chair in the flagged yard.
她坐在铺着石板的庭院里的一把椅子上。
I saw him standing in the yard.
我看到他站在院子里。
The moon cast a bright light over the yard
明亮的月光洒在院子里。
At the very back of the yard, several feet from Lenny, was a wooden shack
在院子的最后面离伦尼几英尺远的地方有一个小木屋。
The carpet of leaves in my yard became more and more noticeable.
我的院子里的落叶越来越厚。
He has a full order book for his boat-building yard on the Thames.
他在泰晤士河边的造船厂订单充足。