英语词汇“cubic yard”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A measure of length (traditionally the standard unit of English long measure) equal to three feet or thirty-six inches. (See quot. 1867.) Also the corresponding measure of area ( square yard = 9 square feet) or of solidity ( cubic yard = 27 cubic feet).The earlier standard was the ell = 45 inches (ulna in Stat. de Pistoribus, 13th cent.); this was succeeded by the verge (1353) Act 27 Edw. III, stat. 2, c. 10), of which yard is the English equivalent.

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yard1377

stoke1538

yardel1804

stretch1811

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 214 Thanne drowe I me amonges draperes my donet to lerne,..Amonge þe riche rayes I rendred a lessoun, To broche hem with a pak-nedle..And put hem in a presse and pynned hem þerinne, Tyl ten ȝerdes or twelue hadde tolled out threttene.

1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 64 For v ȝerdis and a half of grene bokeram iij s. iij d.

1496–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 32 An Awlter cloth..conteynyng in lengthe iij yardes di.

1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 152 A gowne of vi brode yardes at vj^s the yard xxxvj^s.

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 37 I am two yards In the wast.

1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations E 4 b I bought..a yard and halfe of pudding for fiue pence.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 78 One hundred of Lathes will cover six yards of seeling, and lathing is worth six pence the yard.

1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. i. 21 Sir James could obtain but 40s. a yard square for the cupola of St. Paul's.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed vii, in Tales Crusaders I. 123 Sir Cook, let me have half a yard or so of broiled beef.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 145 When penny magazines shall have superseded penny yards of song.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxv. 353 Mrs. Perch..has made the tour of the establishment, and priced the silks and damasks by the yard.

1867 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. I. i. §407 The British standard of length is the Imperial Yard, defined as the distance between two marks on a certain metallic bar, preserved in the Tower of London, when the whole has a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit.

1896 Law Times Rep. 73 615/1 The railway line..was perfectly straight for a distance of over 700 yards.

figurative.1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie iv. 27–31 We imagine God to be lyke our selues, & we measure him by our owne yard.a1626 F. Bacon Office of Alienations in Wks. XIII. 376 A peer, a counsellor, and a judge are not to be measured by the common yard.

单词	cubic yard
释义	> as lemmas cubic yard a. A measure of length (traditionally the standard unit of English long measure) equal to three feet or thirty-six inches. (See quot. 1867.) Also the corresponding measure of area ( square yard = 9 square feet) or of solidity ( cubic yard = 27 cubic feet).The earlier standard was the ell = 45 inches (ulna in Stat. de Pistoribus, 13th cent.); this was succeeded by the verge (1353) Act 27 Edw. III, stat. 2, c. 10), of which yard is the English equivalent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > yard yard1377 stoke1538 yardel1804 stretch1811 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 214 Thanne drowe I me amonges draperes my donet to lerne,..Amonge þe riche rayes I rendred a lessoun, To broche hem with a pak-nedle..And put hem in a presse and pynned hem þerinne, Tyl ten ȝerdes or twelue hadde tolled out threttene. 1426–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 64 For v ȝerdis and a half of grene bokeram iij s. iij d. 1496–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 32 An Awlter cloth..conteynyng in lengthe iij yardes di. 1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 152 A gowne of vi brode yardes at vj^s the yard xxxvj^s. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 37 I am two yards In the wast. 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations E 4 b I bought..a yard and halfe of pudding for fiue pence. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 78 One hundred of Lathes will cover six yards of seeling, and lathing is worth six pence the yard. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. i. 21 Sir James could obtain but 40s. a yard square for the cupola of St. Paul's. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed vii, in Tales Crusaders I. 123 Sir Cook, let me have half a yard or so of broiled beef. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 145 When penny magazines shall have superseded penny yards of song. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxv. 353 Mrs. Perch..has made the tour of the establishment, and priced the silks and damasks by the yard. 1867 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. I. i. §407 The British standard of length is the Imperial Yard, defined as the distance between two marks on a certain metallic bar, preserved in the Tower of London, when the whole has a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit. 1896 Law Times Rep. 73 615/1 The railway line..was perfectly straight for a distance of over 700 yards. figurative.1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie iv. 27–31 We imagine God to be lyke our selues, & we measure him by our owne yard.a1626 F. Bacon Office of Alienations in Wks. XIII. 376 A peer, a counsellor, and a judge are not to be measured by the common yard. extracted from yardn.² < as lemmas
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