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.
双语例句
1. The train backed out of Adelaide Yard on to the Dublin-Belfast line.
火车倒出了阿德莱德调车场，开上了都柏林-贝尔法斯特线。
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2. I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.
我跌跌撞撞地趟过泥地来到一个堆满麦秆的场院。
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3. He was frog-marched through the kitchen and out into the yard.
他被扭住双臂强推着走过厨房，来到院子里。
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4. She sat on a chair in the flagged yard.
她坐在铺着石板的庭院里的一把椅子上。
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5. Scotland Yard had assured him he was not under suspicion.
