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 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。
• 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。
• The ground begins to rise some 20 yards away
  地面在20码开外的地方开始升高。
• 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。
• 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。
• There were two stragglers twenty yards back
  两名掉队者落后了20码。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。