dooryard是什么意思？

dooryard

英['dɔ:jɑ:d] 美['doʊrˌjɑd]

• n. <美>庭院，前院，天井，门前庭院；

例句

• You look, is what the sod here compares dooryard fatter, tenderer gnawed in this! 你看, 这里的草皮是不是比前院的更肥 、 更嫩?
• The harvests beat out upon the threshing floor which was also the dooryard to the house. 收割完了,再在打谷场上脱粒.王龙家的打谷场,就是自家门前的空场.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a yard outside the front or rear door of a house