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

  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。
  5. in BRIT, use 英国英语用garden


双语例句

  1. He booted the ball 40 yards back up field
    他一脚踢出40码远,把球踢回前场。
  2. She chased the thief for 100 yards
    她追了窃贼100码远。
  3. The directional microphone trained on Foresters Cottage could pick up every word uttered inside at several hundred yards.
    对准福雷斯特小屋的定向扩音器在几百码远的地方也能捕捉到里面的人所说的任何一句话。
  4. The union leader was last night staging a protest vigil 400 yards down a mineshaft.
    昨晚工会领袖在400码深的矿井下举行了彻夜的抗议活动。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. The tanks ground to a halt after a hundred yards because the fuel had been siphoned out.
    由于燃油被人抽走,这些坦克行驶了100码后又轰隆隆地缓缓停了下来。
  8. A barge was close inshore about a hundred yards away
    一艘驳船离海岸仅约100码远。
  9. He saw the grey Land-Rover down the bypass. It was more than a hundred yards from him
    他看见那辆灰色的路虎越野车停在不远处的边道上,离他一百码开外。
  10. From the kick-off he lofted the ball 60 yards into the top corner of the net.
    他在中线一记大脚将球从60码外送进球网的顶角。
  11. A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place
    一束手电筒的光束在离他们的藏身之地只有几码远的灌木丛里搜寻着。
  12. The 120mm mortar has a range of 18,000 yards
    口径为120毫米的迫击炮的射程是1.8万码。
  13. 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。
  14. The ground begins to rise some 20 yards away
    地面在20码开外的地方开始升高。
  15. A barge was about a hundred yards away, waiting to return seaward
    一艘驳船停在大约100码开外,等待着返海回航。
  16. He stopped a hundred yards short of the building
    他在离大楼100码处停下了。
  17. 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。
  18. There were two stragglers twenty yards back
    两名掉队者落后了20码。
  19. Several hundred yards beyond the first switchback in the road, he came to the second bend.
    过了公路上第一个急转弯几百码处,他又遇到了第二个急转弯。
  20. The queue stretches several hundred yards and tickets are touted for a tenner.
    队伍排得有几百码长,票被炒到10英镑一张。
  21. 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。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。