英语单词 | backyard |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌbæk'jɑːd] 美 [ˌbæk'jɑːrd] |
中文释义 | n.后院;后庭 adj.后院的 |
英语例句 | (1) They planted some garden balsams in the backyard. |
中文例句 | (1) 他们在后院里种了些凤仙花。 |
vocabulary简明 | The area behind your house, especially if it's covered in grass or other plants, is a backyard. Some people have decks or patios in their backyard. |
vocabulary扩展 | If you live in a city, you'll consider yourself lucky to have a tiny backyard where you can sit on a sunny day. In the suburbs, houses often have identical, fenced-in backyards. And in the country, your backyard might extend for acres. The word is sometimes hyphenated, back-yard, or spelled as two separate words. It's been in use since the 1600s, combining back and yard, from the Old English geard, "enclosure, garden, or court." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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]
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