英语词汇“yardman”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

yardman

释义

yard² /yärd/

noun

An enclosed place, esp near a building, often in compounds such as ‘backyard’, ‘courtyard’, ‘farmyard’ and ‘prison-yard’, or a place where any special work is carried on, as in ‘brickyard’, ‘woodyard’ and ‘dockyard’
A garden

transitive verb

To enclose in a yard

ORIGIN: OE geard fence, dwelling, enclosure; Ger Garten; connected with L hortus and Gr chortos

yardˈage noun

The use of a yard, or the charge made for such

yardˈbird noun (US sl)

A convict
A recruit
A soldier confined to camp or required to carry out some menial task as a punishment

yard-long bean noun

The asparagus bean

yardˈman noun

yardˈ-master noun

A person in charge of a marshalling yard

yard sale noun (N American)

A sale of second-hand goods, usu held in the owner's garden

the Yard

New Scotland Yard, the London Metropolitan Police headquarters

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