(1)碼(measure of length equal to 3 feet or 0.9144 metre)[C]:6~s of velvet 六碼天鵝絨;a 4-~length of velvet 一塊四碼長的天鵝絨;~goods 按碼出售的織物;The garden is 10~s wide.這個園子10碼寬。One~is nearly a metre in length.一碼接近一米。
(2)立方碼(cubic yard)[C]:The workers need 3~s of sand at once.工人們馬上需要三立方碼沙土。
(3)帆桁(桅桿)(long pole-like piece of wood that supports and spreads a square sail)[C]:The captain threatened to hang the mutineers from the~.船長威脅著要把抗議者懸掛在桅橫桿上?!纪統(tǒng)ardarm;
→′yardage n 碼數(shù);′yardarm n 桅橫桿端;′yardstick n 碼尺