court·yard
noun/ˈkɔːtjɑːd/
/ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd/
(also court)
- an open space that is partly or completely surrounded by buildings and is usually part of a castle, a large house, etc.
（通常为城堡、大宅第等的）庭院，院子，天井 - the central/inner courtyard
中心／内庭院
Extra ExamplesTopics Gardensc1, Buildingsc1- Her bedroom overlooked the courtyard.
从她的卧室可以俯视庭院。 - The courtyard is surrounded on three sides by stables.
庭院的三面都是马厩。 - The hotel is built around a central courtyard.
酒店围绕一个中央庭院而建。 - We sat in the inner courtyard of the college.
我们坐在学院的内庭院里。 - We sat on a bench in the school courtyard.
我们坐在校园里的长椅上。 - 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。 - The windows on this side of the house look down onto a small courtyard.
房子这一侧的窗户俯瞰着一个小庭院。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
- inner
- interior
- …
- face
- overlook
- enclose
- …
- around a/the courtyard
- in a/the courtyard
- the central/inner courtyard