yard n. 1.围场,院子;(学校的)运动场。 2.场地;工场,厂,制造场,工作场,停留处,堆置场。 3.【铁路】(站内)车场;调车场,编组场。 4.〔the Y-〕伦敦警察厅(刑事部) (= Scotland Yard)。 a front [back] yard 前[后]院。 a brick-yard 砖厂。 a cab-yard 出租马车停留处。 a builder's yard 营造场。 a hump yard 【铁路】驼峰编组场。 vt. 把(家畜)赶进栏里。 n. 1.码〔合三英尺,约91.4cm〕。 2.一码长的东西。 3.【航海】帆桁。 4.〔美俚〕百元(钞票);千元(钞票) 5 yards of cloth 5 码布。 man the yards 举行登舷礼。 yards apeak 把帆桁作×状挂着〔报丧等〕。
They were, says mr stephen, and the end was that the men of the island, seeing no help was toward as the ungrate women were all of one mind, made a wherry raft, loaded themselves and their bundles of chattels on shipboard, set all masts erect, manned the yards, sprang their luff, heaved to, spread three sheets in the wind, put her head between wind and water, weighed anchor, ported her helm, ran up the jolly roger, gave three times three, let the bullgine run, pushed off in their bumboat and put to sea to recover the main of america “此语不差”,斯蒂芬先生曰,“其结果,本岛男子发现负情女子异口同声,无可救药。遂建造舟筏,携家财登船,桅杆尽皆竖起,举行登舷礼,转船首向风,顶风停泊,扬起三面帆,在风与水之间挺起船首,起锚,转舵向左,海盗旗迎风飘扬,三呼万岁,每次三遍,开动舱底污水泵,离开兜售杂物之小舟,驶至海面上,航往美洲大陆。”