| 单词 | backyard |
| 释义 | Related topics: Household, Outdoor, Gardeningback·yard, back yard /ˌbækˈjɑːd◂ $ -ˈjɑːrd◂/ noun [countable] 1. British EnglishDHDLO a small area behind a house, covered with a hard surface 〔铺了硬地面的〕后院2 American EnglishDHDLG an area of land behind a house, often covered with grass 〔常指有草皮的〕后院，后花园 The old man grew vegetables in his backyard. 老人在屋后院子里种了蔬菜。3 in somebody’s own backyard informal very near where someone lives, works etc 在自己的后院，在自己的家门口〔指离某人居住、工作等的地方很近〕 Americans would probably react differently to the war if it was in their own back yard. 战争要是发生在自己的家门口，美国人可能就会有不一样的反应。4. not in my backyard used to say that you do not want something to happen near where you live 别在我家门口〔指不希望某事发生在自己住所附近〕 —backyard adjective [only before noun] a backyard pool 后院的一个泳池Examples from the Corpusbackyard• Similarly, Jane wrote a little book about what she saw in her backyard.• It transpired in backyards and on doorsteps and inside offices as well as in the classroom.• Tiffany Ball kept shooting Saturday afternoon on the little backyard court, shooting long after her hot streak had ended.• They have a big stockmarket in their own backyard.• It was the closest he could come to religion: this sense of something in the backyard at night.• In the backyards were the brick wash-houses and the coal bunkers.• He got up and left the terrace, walked right out of the backyard, turned left.• He could see a tiny backyard with a scrap of lawn and a few flowers.back·yard nounChineseSyllable a with a area small Corpus a behind covered house, |
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