【courtyard音标】 英[ˈkɔ:tjɑ:d] 美[ˈkɔ:rtjɑ:rd]
【单词释义】 courtyard是什么意思：
n.庭院，院子；天井
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] courtyards
【单词例句】
◇ A great fire was lit in the courtyard, where she was to be burned to death. The king stood upstairs at his window, looking on with crying eyes, for he still loved her dearly.
王宫的院子里点燃了一大堆火，王后将被这堆火烧死。国王站在楼上的窗口前，眼泪汪汪地看着，因为他仍然深深地爱着王后。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ The horses fell asleep in their stalls, the dogs in the courtyard, the pigeons on the roof, the flies on the walls, and even the fire on the hearth flickered, stopped moving, and fell asleep.
马厩里的马，院子里的狗，屋顶上的鸽子，墙上的苍蝇，也都跟着睡着了；甚至连火炉里的火也停止燃烧入睡了；
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ I asked him to hang on, but this innocent man just rang off and set out to fly from his courtyard. I dialed his number in the directory trying to ring him back, but never got through.
我请他稍等，但这个天真的人挂了电话就开始从院子里起飞。我拨打他在电话簿上的号码试图回电给他，却无法接通。