yard
US: /ˈjɑɹd/
UK: /jˈɑːd/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
yard /jɑ:d/- danh từ
- Iat, thước Anh (bằng 0, 914 mét)
- (hàng hải) trục căng buồm
- to be yard and yard: kề sát nhau, sóng nhau (hai chiếc thuyền)
- danh từ
- sân (có rào xung quanh)
- back yard: sân sau
- bãi rào (để chăn nuôi)
- xưởng; kho
- shipbuilding yard: xưởng đóng tàu
- contractor's yard: xưởng chứa vật liệu
- sân (có rào xung quanh)
- ngoại động từ
- đưa súc vật vào bãi rào
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 (BrE) an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall: the prison yard + The children were playing in the yard at the front of the school.
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2 (AmE) = GARDEN n. (1)
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3 (usually in compounds) an area of land used for a special purpose or business: a boat yard
Help Note: You will find other compounds ending in yard at their place in the alphabet.
4 (abbreviation yd) a unit for measuring length, equal to 3 feet (36 INCHES) or 0.9144 of a metre
5 (technical) a long piece of wood fastened to a MAST that supports a sail on a boat or ship
Idioms see INCH n.
Collocation
More information about MEASURE
MEASURE:
and measures ~ of
I always drink gallons of water.
half a, a quarter of a ~
half a litre of milk
a half/quarter
hour, inch, mile, ounce, pint, poundThey used to sell corned beef at 2d a quarter pound.
cubic, square ~
One litre is equivalent to 1,000 cubic centimetres.
~ square
The room is about 15 metres square.
~ broad, deep, high, long, tall, thick, wide
The new dock was 230 m long and 92 m broad.
~ bigger, cooler, faster, heavier, lighter, slower, etc.
The climate was several degrees warmer than it is now.
about, approximately, around ~
1 foot = approx. 0.3 metres
be, cover, measure, span, stretch (for) ~
used with measures of distance and areaThe National Park covers 3,000 acres. The sandy beach stretches for over four miles.
be, weigh ~
used with measures of weightShe weighed over ten stone.
be, last, take ~
used with measures of timeIt takes approximately 365 and a quarter days for the earth to revolve around the sun.
in a ~
How many centilitres are there in a litre?
in ~s
We were asked to estimate the temperature of the room in degrees.
to a/the ~
My car does 10 miles to the litre.
a, per ~
They're 99p a dozen. a safety threshold of 50 mg of nitrates per litre
by the ~
Apples are sold by the kilogram.
of ~
The path will be built to a width of 2 metres.
~ in area, length, volume, weight, size, etc.
Killer whales are up to ten metres in length.
~ by ~
a huge room measuring 50 m by 18 m
to the nearest ~
Give your answer to the nearest metre.
Concise dictionary
yardsjɑrd /jɑːdnoun
+a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
+the enclosed land around a house or other building
+a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
+an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
+an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
+a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
+a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
+the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
+a tract of land where logs are accumulated
