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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。
码
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码
yard
The swimming pool is a yard deep.
游泳池有一码深。
房屋或建筑物附近的小块未耕种区域
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
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
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).
短标尺十亿；长标尺千百万或十亿
109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.
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
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
The swimming pool is fifty yards long.
这个游泳池有五十码长。
AI contextual example
She bought three yards of blue silk for the dress.
她买了三码蓝色丝绸来做这件连衣裙。
AI contextual example
He ran a hundred yards to catch the bus.
他跑了一百码去赶公交车。
AI contextual example
it was a small house with almost no yard
那是一栋几乎没有院子的小房子。
WordNet
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。
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。
yards of 后接布料、绳子等材料。
I need two yards of silk.
我需要两码丝绸。
Not this
I have a beautiful yard with many flowers.
Use this
I have a beautiful garden with many flowers.
误将"yard"与"garden"混淆。"yard"指铺砌或硬化的院子，通常没有花坛；而"garden"指种植花草的区域。
Not this
The children are playing on the yard.
Use this
The children are playing in the yard.
介词使用错误。"yard"作为四周有墙或篱笆的区域，应用介词"in"表示在范围内，而非"on"。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
后院
The children are playing in the backyard.
孩子们在后院玩耍。
前院
She planted flowers in the front yard.
她在前院种了花。
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。
造船厂
He works at the shipyard repairing vessels.
他在造船厂修理船只。
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。
码尺；标准
The carpenter used a yard stick to measure the wood.
木匠用码尺测量木材。
全部，一切
We went to the amusement park and did the whole nine yards—roller coasters, games, and food.
我们去了游乐园，玩了所有项目——过山车、游戏和美食。
庭院旧货出售
I bought this vintage lamp at a yard sale last weekend.
我上周末在一个庭院旧货出售中买到了这盏复古台灯。
在某人自己的地盘；近在咫尺
They didn't realize the problem was in their own backyard until it was too late.
他们没有意识到问题就在自己身边，直到为时已晚。
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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。
[object Object]
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).
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.