英语释义

1. a small usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building court

2. the grounds of a building or group of buildings

3. the grounds immediately surrounding a house that are usually covered with grass

4. an enclosure for livestock (such as poultry)

5. an area with its buildings and facilities set aside for a particular business or activity

6. an assembly or storage area (as for dry-docked boats)

7. a system of tracks for storage and maintenance of cars and making up trains

8. a locality in a forest where deer herd in winter

9. of, relating to, or employed in the yard surrounding a building
yard light

10. of, relating to, or employed in a railroad yard
a yard engine

11. to drive into or confine in a restricted area herd, pen

12. to deliver to or store in a yard

13. to congregate in or as if in a yard

14. any of various units of measure: such as

15. a unit of length equal in the U.S. to 0.9144 meter — see Weights and Measures Table

16. a unit of volume equal to a cubic yard

17. a great length or quantity
remembered yards of facts and figures

18. one hundred dollars

19. a long spar tapered toward the ends to support and spread the head of a square sail, lateen, or lugsail

20. a slender glass about three feet tall having a flared opening and a bulbous bottom also the amount it contains
a yard of ale

21. all of a related set of circumstances, conditions, or details
who could learn the most about making records, about electronics and engineering, the whole nine yards
— Stephen Stills —sometimes used adverbially with go to indicate an all-out effort

22. an outdoor area next to a building that is often bordered (as by shrubs or fences)
Children played in the yard.

23. the grounds of a building
a prison yard

24. a fenced area for livestock
a chicken yard

25. an area set aside for a business or activity
a navy yard

26. a system of railroad tracks especially for keeping and repairing cars

27. a measure of length equal to three feet or 36 inches (about 0.91 meter)

28. a long pole pointed toward the ends that holds up and spreads the top of a sail

片语

allness全部

entirety全部；完全

英汉例句

• As much as you want to be in love and go the whole nine yards with someone you have to avoid getting involved with someone who is already attached to another.

  摩羯座：虽然你非常想有一种恋爱关系，但是一定要避免和有了另一半的人发展。

• If I told him where Tom was, he would go the whole nine yards to help him but only to add to his trouble.

  如果我告诉他汤姆的处境，他会尽全力帮他，可是只能给汤姆增添麻烦。

• If I told him where I was, he would go the whole nine yards to help me but only to add to my trouble.

  如果我告诉他我在那里，他就将去全部九个院子帮我，但这只会增加我的麻烦。