(1)码(measure of length equal to 3 feet or 0.9144 metre)[C]:6~s of velvet 六码天鹅绒;a 4-~length of velvet 一块四码长的天鹅绒;~goods 按码出售的织物;The garden is 10~s wide.这个园子10码宽。One~is nearly a metre in length.一码接近一米。
(2)立方码(cubic yard)[C]:The workers need 3~s of sand at once.工人们马上需要三立方码沙土。
(3)帆桁(桅杆)(long pole-like piece of wood that supports and spreads a square sail)[C]:The captain threatened to hang the mutineers from the~.船长威胁着要把抗议者悬挂在桅横杆上。〖同〗yardarm;
→′yardage n 码数;′yardarm n 桅横杆端;′yardstick n 码尺