| 单词 |
farm-yard |
| 释义 |
ˈfarm-ˌyard
(with regard to the stress see farm-house). The yard or inclosure attached to a farm-house or surrounded by farm-buildings. Also attrib.
1748Richardson Clarissa Wks. 1883 V. 258 In this very farmyard. 1788W. Marshall Yorksh. (1796) I. 361 Farm-yard Management. 1807Med. Jrnl. XVII. 354 He soon came out, and crossing the farm yard, attacked a bullock. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 50 Guano..‘a most powerful auxiliary to farm-yard manure’. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Lit. Wks. (Bohn) II. 103 The English muse loves the farmyard.
Add:b. As adj. Characteristic of life in a farmyard; coarse, disgusting, uncouth.
1911G. Barker Madras House iv. 142, I do so hate that farm-yard world of sex. 1948W. R. Inge End of an Age vi. 216 Boredom..would soon bring to an end..the farmyard civilisation of the Fabians. 1961L. Mumford City in Hist. vi. 158 The rude horseplay and farmyard smut one encounters in Aristophanes. 1962N. Freeling Love in Amsterdam iii. 136 The vulgar slurping of hot coffee; sympathetic farmyard sounds of digestion and well-being. 1986‘J. le Carré’ Perfect Spy ix. 237 ‘Hear hear’. A couple of Brammel's supporters' club are making similar farmyard noises. |
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