yardnoun
院子
an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall
the prison yard
监狱里的院子
The children were playing in the yard at the front of the school.
孩子们在学校前面的空地上玩耍。
（某种用途的）区域，场地
an area of land used for a special purpose or business
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
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
everything, or a situation which includes everything
丹做饭总是全份的：三道菜，外加一道甜食。
When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert.
These are all words for buildings or places where things are made or where industrial processes take place.以上各词均指工厂、车间、工场、制造厂。
a building or group of buildings where goods are made 指工厂、制造厂：
a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory
巧克力厂；香烟厂；制衣厂
a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place 指发电厂、工厂：
a nuclear power plant
核电厂
a manufacturing plant
制造厂
a factory that produces a particular type of material 指（生产特定材料的）工厂、制造厂：
a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill
棉纺厂；造纸厂；纺织厂；毛纺厂
(often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place （常构成复合词）指工厂、制造厂：
a brickworks
砖厂
a steelworks
炼钢厂
Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.
原材料由驳船运到工厂。
(usually in compounds) an area of land used for building sth （通常构成复合词）指建造某物的区域、场地：
a shipyard
船坞
a room or building in which things are made or repaired using tools or machinery 指车间、工场、作坊：
a car repair workshop
汽车修理厂
a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects 指铸造厂、玻璃厂：
an iron foundry
铸铁厂
yard
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N-COUNT 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.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。
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N-COUNT 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.I saw him standing in the yard.
我看到他站在院子里。
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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 a yard....a railway yard.
铁路调车场
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N-COUNT （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.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。
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noun
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- an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
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- a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
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- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- it was a small house with almost no yard
- Synonym: grounds curtilage
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- an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
- Synonym: railway yard railyard
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- 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
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- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
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- a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
- Synonym: cubic yard
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- a unit of length equal to 3 feet;defined as 91.44 centimeters;originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- Synonym: pace
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- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- Synonym: thousand one thousand 1000 M K chiliad G grand thou
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The boys were kicking a ball around in the yard .
男孩们在院子里踢球。
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She watched the kids playing in the yard .
她看着孩子们在院子里玩。
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A high wall separated our back yard from the playing field .
我们的后院和运动场之间隔着一堵高墙。
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David built us a shed in the back yard .
戴维帮我们在后院搭了个棚子。
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The children were playing in the yard at the front of the school .
孩子们在学校前面的空地上玩耍。
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The boys were knocking a ball around in the back yard .
男孩们在后院踢球玩儿。
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Johnson carried the ball an average of 6 yards per rush .
约翰逊跑动带球平均每次行进6码。
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The yard measures about 50 feet across .
庭院宽约50英尺。
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Our back yard is overlooked by several houses .
好几栋房子都看得见我家的后院。
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They keep chickens in the back yard .
他们在后院养鸡。
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Scotland Yard has / have been called in .
已向伦敦警察厅报了案。
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Which door leads to the yard ?
哪扇门通向庭院？
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We dug a deep pit in the yard .
我们在院子中挖了个深洞。
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The dark head of a seal bobbed up a few yards away .
在几码远处一只海豹的黑脑袋猛地钻出水面。
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The ball pitched a yard short .
球差一码落了地。
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The yard had been enclosed with iron railings .
院子用铁栅栏围了起来。
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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。
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The yard was overgrown with weeds .
这座庭院杂草丛生。
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Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard .
猪在院子里哼哼地叫个不停。
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Motorcyclists cut catty-cornered across his yard .
骑摩托车的人斜穿过他的院子。
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The fish stayed 50 yards offshore , well out of range .
这种鱼生活在离岸50码的地方，完全钓不到。
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I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale .
在一次庭院拍卖会上，我偶然发现了一个忍不住想买的东西。
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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。
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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。
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He stopped a hundred yards short of the building
他在离大楼100码处停下了。
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The ground begins to rise some 20 yards away
地面在20码开外的地方开始升高。
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The moon cast a bright light over the yard
明亮的月光洒在院子里。
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The grass in the yard was waist high
院子里的草有齐腰高。
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We got home and went sledding on the small hill in our back yard .
我们回到家里，然后去后院的小山上滑雪橇。
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He booted the ball 40 yards back up field
他一脚踢出40码远，把球踢回前场。
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