yard

yard

名词 yard:

a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

同义词：pace

the enclosed land around a house or other building

同义词：grounds, curtilage

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

同义词：railway yard

an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

同义词：cubic yard

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

同义词：thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou

a tract of land where logs are accumulated