barnyard
barnyard — 名詞
- barnyardsingular
- barnyardsplural
1. The outdoor area next to a barn or other farm building, often fenced in, where f
穀倉庭院
農舍建築旁的圍欄空地
The outdoor area next to a barn or other farm building, often fenced in, where farm animals are kept or outdoor tasks are carried out.
The children helped their grandfather sweep the barnyard after the cows came in for milking.
孩子們幫祖父清掃穀倉庭院，那時乳牛剛進來準備擠奶。
collocation: sweep the barnyard
Shirin found three brown eggs in the barnyard while feeding her grandmother's chickens.
Shirin 在餵奶奶養的雞時，在穀倉庭院裡發現了三顆棕色雞蛋。
preposition: in the barnyard
A muddy barnyard separates the red dairy barn from the vegetable garden.
一片泥濘的穀倉庭院橫在紅色乳牛棚與菜園之間。
During the rainy season, water collects in puddles across the barnyard near the pig enclosure.
雨季期間，穀倉庭院靠近豬舍的地方積了一灘灘的水。
The old wooden gate to the barnyard needs new hinges after all these years.
通往穀倉庭院的舊木門用了這麼多年，需要換新鉸鏈了。
用法筆記
Usually refers to a specific enclosed area on a farmstead, not the wider farmland or open fields.
barnyard — 形容詞
- barnyardpositive
- more barnyardcomparative
- most barnyardsuperlative
1. Describing humour, language, or entertainment that is rude in a rough and unsoph
粗鄙的
關於粗俗笑話或言語的
Describing humour, language, or entertainment that is rude in a rough and unsophisticated way, with a focus on bodily functions or sexual content.
The audience walked out when the comedian began his barnyard routine about farm animals.
那位喜劇演員開始講粗鄙的農場段子時，觀眾紛紛離席。
register: informal — barnyard humour
Gabriel told his brother that the barnyard jokes at the party were embarrassing for everyone.
Gabriel 跟他弟弟說，派對上的那些粗鄙笑話讓每個人都很尷尬。
collocation: barnyard jokes
The film received a warning for barnyard language that was unsuitable for young children.
這部電影因含有不適合兒童的粗鄙言語而收到警告。
Eleni asked the teenagers to stop telling barnyard stories at the dinner table.
Eleni 請那些青少年不要在晚餐桌上講粗鄙故事。
- refined
polite and sophisticated in taste or humour
用法筆記
This sense is informal and relatively uncommon in everyday speech. It appears mostly in reviews or discussions of comedy, films, and entertainment. It is almost always used attributively before a noun (e.g. barnyard humour, never 'that humour is barnyard').