an open space that is partly or completely surrounded by buildings and is usually part of a castle, a large house, etc. (通常为城堡、大宅第等的)庭院,院子,天井 the central/inner courtyard 中心/内庭院
Extra ExamplesTopics Gardensc1, Buildingsc1Her bedroom overlooked the courtyard. 从她的卧室可以俯视庭院。 The courtyard is surrounded on three sides by stables. 庭院的三面都是马厩。 The hotel is built around a central courtyard. 酒店围绕一个中央庭院而建。 We sat in the inner courtyard of the college. 我们坐在学院的内庭院里。 We sat on a bench in the school courtyard. 我们坐在校园里的长椅上。 The entrance leads through an arch and into a cobbled inner courtyard. 入口穿过一道拱门,通往铺着鹅卵石的内院。 The windows on this side of the house look down onto a small courtyard. 房子这边的窗户俯视着一个小院子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- central
- inner
- interior
- …
- face
- overlook
- enclose
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- around a/the courtyard
- in a/the courtyard