yards

英 [jɑːdz]

美 [jɑrdz]

n. 院子; (某种用途的)区域，场地; 码(长度单位，等于3英尺或0.9144米)
yard的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 码（长度单位，等于36英寸或约91.4厘米）
Ayardis a unit of length equal to thirty-six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres.
1. The incident took place about 500 yards from where he was standing...
  事件发生在距他所站位置大约500码远的地方。
2. A few yards away, Jos Vargas stands beside his small home.
  几码之外，乔斯·瓦尔加斯站在他的小房子旁边。
3. ...a long narrow strip of linen two or three yards long.
  两三码长的细长亚麻布条
4. ...a yard of silk.
  一码丝绸
N-COUNT 院子;庭院
Ayardis a flat area of concrete or stone that is next to a building and often has a wall around it.
1. I saw him standing in the yard.
  我看到他站在院子里。
N-COUNT （进行某项作业的）区域，场地，工场
You can refer to a large open area where a particular type of work is done as ayard.
1. ...a railway yard.
  铁路调车场
2. ...a ship repair yard.
  船舶修理场
N-COUNT （住宅旁的）园圃，花园
Ayardis a piece of land next to someone's house, with grass and plants growing in it.
1. He dug a hole in our yard on Edgerton Avenue to plant a maple tree when I was born.
  我出生的时候，他在埃杰顿大街我们家的园圃里挖了个坑，种了棵枫树。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用garden

A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place
一束手电筒的光束在离他们的藏身之地只有几码远的灌木丛里搜寻着。
The union leader was last night staging a protest vigil 400 yards down a mineshaft.
昨晚工会领袖在400码深的矿井下举行了彻夜的抗议活动。
The queue stretches several hundred yards and tickets are touted for a tenner.
队伍排得有几百码长，票被炒到10英镑一张。
The 120mm mortar has a range of 18,000 yards
口径为120毫米的迫击炮的射程是1.8万码。
There were two stragglers twenty yards back
两名掉队者落后了20码。
He saw the grey Land-Rover down the bypass. It was more than a hundred yards from him
他看见那辆灰色的路虎越野车停在不远处的边道上，离他一百码开外。
He had angina and was unable to walk for more than 200 yards on the flat.
他患有心绞痛，在平地上最多能走200码。
A barge was about a hundred yards away, waiting to return seaward
一艘驳船停在大约100码开外，等待着返海回航。
He stopped a hundred yards short of the building
他在离大楼100码处停下了。
The ground begins to rise some 20 yards away
地面在20码开外的地方开始升高。