Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #1370
yard
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yard
- 1.
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
房屋或建筑物附近的小块未耕种区域
- 2.
A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
长度单位,等于3英尺,自1959年(美国)或1963年(英国)起精确为0.9144米
- 3.
109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.
短标尺十亿;长标尺千百万或十亿
- 4.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
长度单位,等于3英尺;定义为91.44厘米;最初被认为是平均步幅的长度
- 5.
An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
用于特定目的的封闭户外区域,如农场、铁路等
- 6.
Units of similar composition or length in other systems.
其他系统中类似组成或长度的单位
- 7.
the enclosed land around a house or other building
房屋或建筑物周围的封闭土地
- 8.
A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
麋鹿或鹿在冬季聚集觅食、保护等的地方
- 9.
Any spar carried aloft.
船上悬挂的任何横杆
- 10.
a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
为特定活动围起的土地(有时铺设地面,通常与建筑物相关)
- 11.
A tall, slender, hollow receptacle or tool.
高而细长的中空容器或工具
房屋或建筑物附近的小块未耕种区域;长度单位,等于3英尺,自1959年(美国)或1963年(英国)起精确为0.9144米;短标尺十亿;长标尺千百万或十亿;长度单位,等于3英尺;定义为91.44厘米;最初被认为是平均步幅的长度;用于特定目的的封闭户外区域,如农场、铁路等
In use
The swimming pool is fifty yards long.
She bought three yards of blue silk for the dress.
He ran a hundred yards to catch the bus.
it was a small house with almost no yard
they opened a repair yard on the edge of town
a yard + [adjective of dimension]
yard 作为长度单位,等于0.9144米或3英尺。
The swimming pool is a yard deep.
游泳池有一码深。
in the / someone's yard
yard 指房屋周围的露天区域。
We have a garden in our back yard.
我们后院有个花园。
Connections
Collocations
- backyard
- 后院
- The children are playing in the backyard.孩子们在后院玩耍。
- front yard
- 前院
- She planted flowers in the front yard.她在前院种了花。
- school yard
- 校园;学校操场
- The students gathered in the school yard for assembly.学生们聚集在校园里参加集会。
- shipyard
- 造船厂
- He works at the shipyard repairing vessels.他在造船厂修理船只。
- yard sale
- 庭院拍卖会
- We bought this old lamp at a yard sale.我们在庭院拍卖会上买了这盏旧灯。
- yard stick
- 码尺;标准
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象院子里(yard)放着一把3英尺长的码尺,码就是yard的长度单位。
Context & Register
[object Object]
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like card, hard, guard, lard rhyme with yard (all /ɑrd/). Ward and heard share the -ard spelling but are pronounced differently: ward /wɔrd/ (rhymes with cord) and heard /hɜrd/ (rhymes with bird).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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