outyard

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A temporary location with better sources of pollen to which a hive is moved during times when the plants in the normal location of the hive have dried up.
    — There may be thirty to fifty supers in every outyard, and we have only about half an hour to get them off the hives, stacked and covered before the bees get really cross about what we are doing.
动词 v.
  1. To gain more yards than.
    — Although Oklahoma outyarded the Jays 339 to 155, Kansas fought magnificently and earned its 13-13 tie. Royal's punting had begun to jell. He kicked four out-of-bounds against the Crimson and Blue.

词形变化

outyards plural outyards present,singular,third-person outyarding participle,present outyarded participle,past outyarded past

词源

词源 1
From out- + yard (“enclosed area designated for a specific purpose”).
词源 2
From out- + yard (“unit of length equal to 3 feet”).
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