yards

英 [jɑːdz]

美 [jɑrdz]

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)
yard的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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

双语例句

• The ground begins to rise some 20 yards away
  地面在20码开外的地方开始升高。
• He had angina and was unable to walk for more than 200 yards on the flat.
  他患有心绞痛，在平地上最多能走200码。
• He booted the ball 40 yards back up field
  他一脚踢出40码远，把球踢回前场。
• He waited some 80 to 100 yards from the big pink villa
  他在距离那座粉红色的大别墅约80到100码的地方等候着。
• He stopped a hundred yards short of the building
  他在离大楼100码处停下了。
• The enemy opened fire at a range of only 20 yards.
  敌人在距离仅20码的地方开火了。
• The man was no more than ten yards away and slightly uphill.
  那名男子就在10码之内，稍近山顶。
• The lake itself lies only a few hundred yards off to your right and slightly downhill
  湖本身就在你右侧仅几百码的地方，稍微向山下走几步。
• There were two stragglers twenty yards back
  两名掉队者落后了20码。
• About three hundred yards farther on there is a turning to the left.
  再往前大约300码有一个向左拐的拐角。