A small piece of enclosed ground beside or around a building. 庭院；天井；围场。 a front (back) yard 前(后)院。 A space, often enclosed, within which any work is carried on. 工作场。 A place for making up trains, storing cars and locomotives when not in use, etc. (铁路)调车场；停车场。 in one's (own) backyard 【口】位置相近；关系密切。 Scotland Yard 苏格兰场(英国伦敦警察厅)。(= the Yard) the Yard 苏格兰场(英国伦敦警察厅)。(= Scotland Yard) The standard unit of English lineal measure, equal to three feet, or 36 inches. 码；长度单位，三尺或三十六吋。略作yd.，复数为 yds.。 A measuring rod of 36 inches; yardstick. 码尺。 A comparatively slender spar slung crosswise to a mast. 【航】帆桁。 We buy cloth by the yard in England, not by meter. 我们在英国买布论码，不论公尺。 |