courtyard• They walked through the barbican of the Rorim into the cobbledcourtyardbeyond.• Our hotel room faced out on to a lovelycourtyard.• And on the evening of December 9, there is jazz in the museumcourtyard.• Thus, their solicitor drew up a document detailing jointresponsibility for communalmaintenance of roofs, courtyards and externalpaintwork.• The Glen-Gery New York offices are in a nineteenth-century brick house, overlooking a tree-shaded courtyard.• She heads across the courtyard towards casita 6.• The scene in the courtyard was one of utter devastation.• Suddenly patches of pinksandstone were again visible in the courtyard.• In the courtyard is the Madonna of the Mouse, so called because of the mouse sitting on the shoulder of the baby.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COURTYARD | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤central, inner, interior, internal中心庭院;內庭院▸➤outer外庭院▸➤enclosed, walled有圍牆的庭院▸➤open沒有圍牆的庭院➤main主庭院➤castle, palace, school城堡庭院;宮殿庭院;校園◇We sat on a bench in the school courtyard.我們坐在校園裏的長椅上。➤cobbled, cobblestone, grassy, paved鋪有鵝卵石的庭院;綠草如茵的庭院;地面鋪砌過的院子VERB + COURTYARD➤face, overlook面向/俯瞰庭院◇Her bedroom overlooked the courtyard.從她的卧室可以俯視庭院。➤enclose, surround將庭院圍起來;圍繞庭院◇The courtyard is surrounded on three sides by stables.庭院的三面都是馬廐。PREPOSITION➤around a/the courtyard庭院周圍◇The hotel is built around a central courtyard.酒店圍繞一個中央庭院而建。➤in a/the courtyard在庭院裏◇We sat in the inner courtyard of the college.我們坐在學院的內庭院裏。
courtyard ♦︎ yard ♦︎ square ♦︎ compound ♦︎ cloister ♦︎ quadrangle ♦︎ precinct ♦︎ quadThese words all mean an open space that is surrounded by a wall or buildings.这些词均表示墙或建筑物所围成的庭院、院子、天井。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in the courtyard / yard / square / compound / cloister / quadrangle / ... precincts / quad◆across the courtyard / yard / square / compound / quadrangle / quad◆the central / main courtyard / yard / square / quadrangle◆a cobbled courtyard / yard / square◆a walled courtyard / yard / compound■courtyard ˈkɔːtjɑːd; NAmEˈkɔːrtjɑːrd [countable] an open space that is partly or completely surrounded by buildings and is usually part of a building such as a large house or castle(大宅、城堡等的)庭院,院子,天井◆The entrance leads through an arch and into a cobbled inner courtyard.入口穿过一道拱门,通往铺着鹅卵石的内院。■yardjɑːd; NAmEjɑːrd [countable] (BrE) an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall院子◆The children were playing in the yard at the front of the school.孩子们在学校前面的空地上玩耍。◆They rode out of the stable yard.他们骑马出了马厩院子。■square [countable] an open area in a town, usually with four sides, surrounded by buildings(通常为方形的)广场◆The next day, a large crowd gathered in the market square.第二天,一大群人聚集在市集广场上。■compoundˈkɒmpaʊnd; NAmEˈkɑːmpaʊnd [countable] an area surrounded by a fence or wall in which a factory or other group of buildings stands有围栏(或围墙)的场地(内有工厂或其他建筑群)◆Angry crowds stormed the presidential palace compound.愤怒的人群袭击了总统府大楼。■cloisterˈklɔɪstə(r) [countable, usually plural] a covered stone passage with arches around a square garden that sometimes forms part of a religious building such as a cathedral or monastery(大教堂或寺院等宗教建筑的)回廊◆The 12th century church and cloisters remain surprisingly intact.令人惊讶的是,12世纪的教堂和回廊依然保存完好。■quadrangle ˈkwɒdræŋgl; NAmEˈkwɑːdræŋgl [countable] (formal) an open square area that has buildings all around it, especially in a school or college四方院子(四周有建筑,常见于校园)◆It has a large central quadrangle entered from the south side.那里中央有一个四方大院子,入口在南边。■precinctˈpriːsɪŋkt [countable, usually plural] (formal) the area around a place or building, sometimes enclosed by a wall(建筑物等的)外围,围墙内区域◆The school uses many of the splendid medieval buildings in the cathedral precincts.那所学校占用了大教堂周围许多壮观的中世纪建筑。■quadkwɒd; NAmEkwɑːd [countable] (ratherinformal) a word for quadrangle四方院子(quadrangle的简称)◆Her office window overlooks the quad.从她办公室的窗户可以俯瞰这个院落。