backyard
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house. 后院
2. N-COUNT If you refer to a country's own backyard, you are referring to its own territory or to somewhere that is very close and where that country wants to influence events. (國(guó)家的) 后院
They seem to think that if it isn't happening in their own backyard, it isn't worth worrying about. 他們似乎認(rèn)為，如果事情不是發(fā)生在他們本國(guó)的后院，就不值得擔(dān)心。
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backyard /?b?k?jɑ?d/ (also back yard) (backyards)
劍橋詞典
- UK
a small space surrounded by walls at the back of a house , usually with a hard surface
后院，后庭
The house has a small backyard, surrounded by a high brick wall . 這座房子有個(gè)小小的后院，用高高的磚墻圍著。
B1 US
a space at the back of a house , usually surrounded by a fence , and covered with grass
（屋后的）場(chǎng)院，院子；后花園
The kids were playing in the backyard. 孩子們正在后花園里玩耍。