also yardarm, 1550s, from yard (n.2) in the nautical sense (attested from Old English) + arm (n.1). In 19c. British naval custom, it was permissible to begin drinking when the sun was over the yard-arm.
雙語例句
1. The train backed out of Adelaide Yard on to the Dublin-Belfast line.
火車倒出了阿德萊德調(diào)車場(chǎng)，開上了都柏林-貝爾法斯特線。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.
我跌跌撞撞地趟過泥地來到一個(gè)堆滿麥稈的場(chǎng)院。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He was frog-marched through the kitchen and out into the yard.
他被扭住雙臂強(qiáng)推著走過廚房，來到院子里。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She sat on a chair in the flagged yard.
她坐在鋪著石板的庭院里的一把椅子上。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Scotland Yard had assured him he was not under suspicion.