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Backyard Area House Noun N Count 可数名词 Land Back

The word "backyard" refers to the area behind a house, and can also figuratively mean a region that a country considers its own territory or sphere of influence.

英语

word backyard
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Collins
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/bæ̱kjɑ͟ː(r)d/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]后院 A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house.
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词](某国的)后院(指本土或该国意欲施加影响的邻近地区) If you refer to a country's own backyard, you are referring to its own territory or to somewhere that is very close and where that country wants to influence events.
      [with poss]
    • Economics will not stop Europe's politicians complaining when jobs are lost in their own backyard...

      当本国人口在失业时,经济情况是无法让欧洲的政治家停止抱怨的。

    • Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, an area that the United States has long regarded as its own backyard.

      古巴是加勒比地区最大的岛屿,美国长期以来一直把它看作自己的后院。


    Oxford back·yard / ˌbækˈjɑːd ; NAmE ˌbækˈjɑːrd / noun 1 ( BrE) an area with a hard surface behind a house, often surrounded by a wall (屋后常有围墙的)后院 2 ( NAmE) the whole area behind and belonging to a house, including an area of grass and the garden (包括草坪和花园的)屋后附属地带 a backyard barbecue 后院烤肉野宴 see also
    yard
     (1 ), ( 2 )
    IDIOM in your (own) backyard in or near the place where you live or work 在自己生活(或工作)的地方附近;在自己的后院 The residents didn't want a new factory in their backyard. 居民不希望在他们附近建新工厂。 The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard (= from his own members). 该党领导面临着党内人士的反对。 see also
    nimby
    backyard backyards
    back·yard / ˌbækˈjɑːd ; NAmE ˌbækˈjɑːrd /
    LDC
    backyardback‧yard, ˌback ˈyard /ˌbækˈjɑːd◂ $ -ˈjɑːrd◂/ noun [countable]
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    Thesaurus
    Phrases
    1British English a small area behind a house, covered with a hard surface2American English an area of land behind a house, often covered with grass:  The old man grew vegetables in his backyard.3in somebody’s own backyard informal very near where someone lives, works etc:  Americans would probably react differently to the war if it was in their own back yard.4not in my backyard used to say that you do not want something to happen near where you livebackyard adjective [only before noun]:  a backyard pool
    WDF

    backyard

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    backyards[227]
    后院(87%),后院的(11%),后庭(2%)
    n.后院;后庭

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