"yards" in Chinese (Simplified)

码院子

Definition

yard 可以表示长度单位“码”，等于 3 英尺；也可以表示房屋或建筑旁边的院子、庭院。'Yards' 是它的复数形式。

'Yards' 很常表示“码”这个单位，尤其常见于美国的体育、布料和距离表达。表示院子时，常见搭配有 'front yard' 和 'back yard'。不要和 'garden' 混淆：yard 强调屋外的空间，garden 通常指种花草的地方。

The school is only two hundred yards from my house.

学校离我家只有两百**码**。

The children are playing in the yards behind the houses.

孩子们正在房子后面的**院子**里玩。

We bought three yards of blue cloth.

我们买了三**码**蓝布。

The quarterback threw for over three hundred yards last night.

昨晚那名四分卫传出了三百多**码**。

Around here, people really take pride in their yards.

在这附近，人们真的很重视自家的**院子**。

We were just a few yards away when the concert started.

演唱会开始时，我们离那儿只有几**码**。