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<?xml:namespace prefix = o /> yacht [] n.[c] 快艇，游艇，轻舟 we spent our holidays on a friend’s yacht.我们在一个朋友的游艇上度过了我们的假期。 A yacht race游艇比赛 They enjoy yachting.他喜爱[u]帆船比赛[/u]。 She loves yachting.她热爱[u]乘游艇[/u]。 We often go yachting.我们经常乘游艇。 Yankee=yank美国佬 yarn n.①冒险故事;②奇谈;③谈话,会话;④纱,线 to spin a yarn 讲冒险故事 a space yarn 太空奇谈 She stopped to have a yarn with me. 她停下来与我谈话。 Cotton yarn 棉纱 yard 1 [ ] n-C.①院子, 庭院，天井(=a courtyard); ②工场；场地 Grandma likes to borrow books from the library and reads outside[/i] [u]in the school yard[/u].奶奶乐意从图书馆借上书在校园里读。 Came and play in our back yard.到我们的后院来玩吧。 a shipyard造船厂 a coalyard 堆煤场 the railway yard铁路调车场 yard 2 n.[c]码（1码 = 3英尺 = 36英寸 ≈ 0.914米；1英寸≈2.54厘米） Can you still buy cloth by the yard in Britain?在英国还能按码买布吗？ （与of连用）很长的长度 five [u]yards of[/u] cloth 5码布 yawn [] vi. ①打呵欠；②张开, 裂开 I felt so sleepy I couldn't stop yawning.我感到很困，止不住地打呵欠。 The hole yawned [u]before[/u] him.洞口在他面前豁然而开。 The hole yawned [u]open in front of[/u] them.洞口在他面前豁然而开。 n.呵欠，打呵欠 Do you start [u]the day[/u] with a yawn [u]instead of[/u] a smile?你每天是不是以一个哈欠开始工作,而不是满面笑容? With a yawn打着哈欠 year [] n-c. ①年；日历年 (=calendar year); ②一年，365天; ③年度；年级;④（常用pl）年龄，年纪，⑤（在数词后）…岁 calendar year日历年 in the year [u]of[/u] 1997 1997年=in the year 1997 在1997年（▲year不能在1997后） last year去年this year今年next year明年 the year after next后年 next year’s holiday明年的假期 every other year 每隔一年 Happy New year 恭贺新年/ 3 years ago today三年前的今天 On January 1st, the New Year begins.1月1日新年开始了。 It is just a year since I arrived here.我到这里正好一年了。/ the school year学年 the academic year学年 a student in the third year三年级的学生 the tax year 税务年度 the financial year财政年度./ a woman of some years上了年纪的妇女 He is young for his years他比实际年龄显得轻/ He's twenty years of age.他二十岁。He's twenty years old.他二十岁。 A boy of five years (of age)=a five-years old boy一个五岁的男孩 [b][u]all the year roun[/u][/b]d一年到头,整年，全年： Mr.Wu is busy [u]all the year round[/u].吴先生一年到头忙个不停。 The weather is so good here that we can swim [u]all (the) year round[/u].天气如此之好，以至于我们全年都能游泳。 f[b][u]or years[/u][/b]很长时间： We've been friends for years.我们是多年的朋友了。 [b][u]year after year[/u][/b]年年；年复一年：(= year in year out) He goes to the county [u]year after year[/u]. 他年年下乡。 We have visited this island [u]year in year out[/u] and we never get bored.我们在这个岛上参观很长时间，但我们没有厌烦。 [b][u]year by year[/u][/b] 一年又一年： Year by year we grow up.我们一年年长大。 [b][u]yearbook[/u][/b] c.年鉴，毕业纪念册 ▲年龄表示法 Ⅰ.表示“整岁”，直接用基数词或year，age，例如“他20岁”可表示为： He is twenty. He is twenty years old. He is a twenty-[u]year[/u]-old man.（▲year后无s） He is aged twenty. He is at age twenty. He is at the age of twenty. He is twenty years of age. Ⅱ.表示“在某人几十多岁”，用“in one’s+基数词复数形式”: 她五十多岁。She is in her fifties.(▲从50岁到59岁之间) 还可以借助early，middle，late来表达得更明确一些，例如： 那女孩今年二十二、三岁。The girl is in her early twenties. Ⅲ.表示“快满多少岁”用进行时或将来时:“他快满十八岁了” He is getting on for eighteen. He is going on eighteen years old. Ⅳ.表示“不满多少岁”，用副词barely，nearly，almost，quite，yet，just等，例如“她不满十七岁”： She is barely/nearly/almost seventeen. Ⅴ.表示“差多久满多少岁”用介词off： 他差5个月就满19岁了。He is five months off nineteen. Ⅵ.表示“超过多少岁”用介词past： 他是一个过了中年的人。He is a man past middleage. 那孩子两岁零两个月。The baby is two months past two years old. Ⅻ表示几岁多，用over: 他六岁多了。He is over six years old. Ⅷ表示在多少岁与多少岁之间： 他大约在三岁和五岁之间。He is about between three and five years. yearly [] Ⅰadj.每年的, 年年的 We [u]pay a[/u] yearly [u]visit to[/u] my uncle.我们每年都要看望我的叔叔。 [u]The yearly output[/u] of the portable computers in the factory approximates to 50,000.该工厂的袖珍计算机年产量[u]约[/u]为五万台。 As usual, the yearly audit will [u]take place[/u] in December.跟往常一样,年度审计将在十二月份进行。 Ⅱadv.每年;每年一次 The festival is held yearly.纪念活动每年举办一次。 yearn vi. ①渴望(特别地想做某事-极想)②想念;怀念,向往(=long for) He [b][u]yearned to[/u][/b] ask her to marry him.他强烈希望她嫁给他。 They[u] yearned to[/u] return home.他们特别想返回家。▲He yearned for home. 他想家。 Yearn to wards sb.向往某人。 They [u]yearned to [/u]see their parents again.他们非常想再次去看他们的父母。 She [b][u]yearned for[/u][/b] letters from her comrades.他渴望同志们的来信 to yearn for an end to the war 盼望战争结束 They yearned for his return. 他们盼望着他回来。 yeast n. 酵母, 发酵粉(块、片) yell [jel] vi. 大声叫（呼、喊=cry |