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yard-of-ale

/yahrd-uhv-eyl/US // ˈyɑrd əvˈeɪl //

谷仓,谷场,谷仓院,谷雨

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a trumpet-shaped glass about 3 feet long with a bulb at the closed end, for serving ale or beer.
    • : the amount contained in such a glass.

Examples

  • Jettison your lawyers as a source of prison-yard guidance, Abramoff said.

  • The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.

  • Parker writes of the “black-faced doe” that he sees in the yard in his new Texas house.

  • We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.

  • DISH delivers a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience to every room of your home, wirelessly.

  • Sol got up, slowly; took a backward step into the yard; filled his lungs, opened his mouth, made his eyes round.

  • They ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.

  • After his death crowds flocked to his grave to touch his holy monument, till the authorities caused the church yard to be shut.

  • In 1603 it was ordered that one quart of best ale, or two of small, should be sold for one penny.

  • In the court-yard of the hotel was standing the voiture, which had come in some twenty minutes before us.