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yard

英 [jɑːd] 美[jɑd]
  • n. 院子;码(英制中丈量长度单位,1码=3英尺);庭院;帆桁
  • vt. 把…关进或围在畜栏里
  • n. (Yard)人名;(英)亚德

英英释意


1. a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
2. the enclosed land around a house or other building;
"it was a small house with almost no yard"
3. a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings);
"they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
4. an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
5. an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
6. a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
7. a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
8. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100