n.院子；庭院

n.码(长度单位)

I was out in the back yard splitting logs. 我那时正在后院劈柴。

We planted some elms in the yard. 我们在院子里种了一些榆树。

Her carriage was the most beautiful one in the yard. 她的马车是院子里最漂亮的。

He parked his car in the yard. 他把车停在院子里。

His quiet home sits back in his yard. 他那幽静家座落在庭院里端。

The trees formed a canopy over the yard. 树木覆盖著庭院。

Cloth is sold by the yard. 布是按码卖的。

yard的意思是“院子”,指房子周围用栅栏围起来的一片空出来的土地(在英国一般指面积较小的硬空地,在美国则指面积较大的草坪),常用于一家人在里边活动

与yard连用的介词是in而不是on。

yard作“码”解时,是一种老式量度单位,用以表示长度、宽度、高度或深度,等于3英尺或36英寸或0.9144公尺,可略作yd.或yds.; yard与2以上的数词连用时有时可用其单数形式表示复数意义。

yard还可用作及物动词,意为“把家畜或家禽赶进围栏”。例如:He always helps his mother (to) yard the chickens and the ducks after supper.晚饭后他总是帮助他妈妈把鸡鸭赶进围栏里。