yard

noun

1. 院子
   an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall
2. 院子
   an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall
3. （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
4. 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
5. 帆桁
   a long piece of wood fastened to a mast that supports a sail on a boat or ship

1. 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.
   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
2. 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.
   1. I saw him standing in the yard.
      我看到他站在院子里。
3. 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.
   1. ...a railway yard.
      铁路调车场
   2. ...a ship repair yard.
      船舶修理场
4. 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.
   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

1. The train backed out of Adelaide Yard on to the Dublin-Belfast line
   火车倒出了阿德莱德调车场，开上了都柏林-贝尔法斯特线。
2. The carpet of leaves in my yard became more and more noticeable.
   我的院子里的落叶越来越厚。
3. The moon cast a bright light over the yard
   明亮的月光洒在院子里。
4. They found Trish sitting on the cobbles of the stable yard.
   他们发现翠茜坐在场院的鹅卵石地上。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. Yesterday they continued the search, digging up the back yard of a police station.
   昨天他们继续搜寻，在一座警察局的后院里挖掘寻找。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. The investigation is being handled by Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch.
    调查由伦敦警察厅反恐部门负责。
11. If you're sitting in the front yard, you can't hear yourself think because the traffic is getting very, very bad.
    如果你坐在前院，就会被吵死，因为外面交通太混乱了。
12. The grass in the yard was waist high
    院子里的草有齐腰高。
13. I got on the phone to Inspector Joplin at Scotland Yard.
    我与伦敦警察厅的乔普林巡官通过电话了。
14. Her horse was a show jumper whom the family rescued from the knacker's yard.
    她的马擅长跨越障碍，是家人从废马屠宰场挽救回来的。
15. 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。
16. He and Hannah had been scuffling in the yard outside his house.
    他和汉娜一直在他房外的院子里扭打。
17. 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。
18. The yard held a few straggly bushes.
    庭院里有几处蔓生的灌木丛。
19. I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.
    我跌跌撞撞地趟过泥地来到一个堆满麦秆的场院。
20. Scotland Yard had assured him he was not under suspicion
    伦敦警察厅已经向他保证，他没有被视为可疑分子。
21. They were still doing wild acrobatics in the yard, turning somersaults and cartwheels.
    他们还在院子里一通杂耍，翻着跟头，玩着侧手翻。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. I saw him standing in the yard.
    我看到他站在院子里。
25. 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。
26. Don't throw the slops in the yard.
    别把脏水泼到院子里。
27. The wind drifted the leaves across our yard.
    树叶随风飘过我们的院子。
28. Can you help me into the yard? my football has been kicked into it.
    你能帮助我进院子吗？我的球被踢了进去。
29. He cleared all the stones from the yard.
    他把院子里所有的石块都清除了。

n.

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
  1. 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

1. an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

2. a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen

3. the enclosed land around a house or other building
   1. it was a small house with almost no yard

   Synonym:    groundscurtilage

4. an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

   Synonym:    railway yardrailyard

5. 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

6. a tract of land where logs are accumulated

7. a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

   Synonym:    cubic yard

8. a unit of length equal to 3 feet

   Synonym:    pace

9. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

   Synonym:    thousandone thousand1000MKchiliadGgrandthou