yard-arm
- 桁端
英文詞源
- yard-arm (n.)
- 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，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.
- 倫敦警察廳已經(jīng)向他保證，他沒有被視為可疑分子。
來自柯林斯例句