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。