yard

庭

家の外や周囲にある土地で、草が生えていたり遊べたりする場所。

やさしい英語で： An area of land outside and around a house, often with grass or space to play.

• The dog is in the yard.
• We planted flowers in our front yard.
• The children played in the neighbors' yards after school.

類義語： garden

よく使う表現： front yard, back yard, in the yard, yard fence

ヤード

３フィート、つまり約９１センチメートルに当たる長さの単位。

やさしい英語で： A unit for measuring length, equal to three feet or about 91 centimetres.

• The gate is one yard wide.
• We walked a hundred yards to the bus stop.
• She bought three yards of cotton for a dress.

よく使う表現： one yard long, a yard away, a square yard, yard of fabric

帆桁

帆を支えるため、船のマストに横向きに取り付けた長い木の棒。

やさしい英語で： A long wooden bar attached across a ship's mast to hold a sail.

• The sail hangs from the yard.
• Sailors raised the heavy wooden yard.
• The storm broke two yards on the main mast.

よく使う表現： square yard, lower yard, main yard, yard and sail

十億

通貨の取引で使う、ある通貨の１０億単位という金額。

やさしい英語で： One billion units of a currency, used by people who trade money.

• They traded a yard of dollars.
• The bank sold two yards of yen.
• She hedged half a yard of euros before the announcement.

使い方： a yard of something (The dealer bought a yard of yen.)

類義語： billion

よく使う表現： a yard of, half a yard, a dollar yard