释义 |
ˈyard-ˈmeasure [f. yard n.2 + measure n.] A rod, bar, or tape for measuring by the yard (but not necessarily restricted to that length).
1831–4R. S. Surtees Jorrocks's Jaunts (1838) 192 A silk yard-measure in a walnut-shell. 1850Dickens Dav. Copp. ii, I..looked..at the little bit of wax-candle she kept for her thread—..at the little house with a thatched roof, where the yard-measure lived; at her work-box with a sliding lid. |