yard-arm

英 ['jɑ:d'ɑ:m]      美 ['jɑd'ɑm]
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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.
1. The train backed out of Adelaide Yard on to the Dublin-Belfast line.
火车倒出了阿德莱德调车场,开上了都柏林-贝尔法斯特线。
2. I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.
我跌跌撞撞地趟过泥地来到一个堆满麦秆的场院。
3. He was frog-marched through the kitchen and out into the yard.
他被扭住双臂强推着走过厨房,来到院子里。
4. She sat on a chair in the flagged yard.
她坐在铺着石板的庭院里的一把椅子上。
5. Scotland Yard had assured him he was not under suspicion.
伦敦警察厅已经向他保证,他没有被视为可疑分子。

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