"yards" in Chinese (Traditional)

碼院子

Definition

yard 可以表示長度單位「碼」，等於 3 英尺；也可以表示房屋或建築旁邊的院子、庭院。'Yards' 是它的複數形式。

'Yards' 很常表示「碼」這個單位，尤其常見於美國的體育、布料和距離表達。表示院子時，常見搭配有 'front yard' 和 'back yard'。不要和 'garden' 混淆：yard 強調屋外的空間，garden 通常指種花草的地方。

The school is only two hundred yards from my house.

學校離我家只有兩百**碼**。

The children are playing in the yards behind the houses.

孩子們正在房子後面的**院子**裡玩。

We bought three yards of blue cloth.

我們買了三**碼**藍布。

The quarterback threw for over three hundred yards last night.

昨晚那名四分衛傳出了三百多**碼**。

Around here, people really take pride in their yards.

在這附近，人們真的很重視自家的**院子**。

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

演唱會開始時，我們離那兒只有幾**碼**。