| 词汇 | yardage |
| 释义 | yardage noun uk /ˈjɑː.dɪdʒ/ us /ˈjɑːr.dɪdʒ/ [ U or S ] the length of something, such as cloth, in yards(= a unit of length equal to three feet or 91 centimetres): I will have more than enough yardage in this ball of yarn for two scarves. They brought in a surveyor to measure the square yardage of the plot of land. [ U ] in American football, the number of yards that a ball is moved towards a goal: The fumble caused the team to lose yardage. The high-school running back set a state record for total yardage in a season. Fashionable dresses at this time took up a fantastic yardage of material and went right down to the ankles. The square yardage is determined by multiplying the length of something in yards by the width. Measurements of length & distance breadth decimetre fathom ft in kilometre km length linear micron mile mm mpg nautical mile scalar sq. square thick width yard You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: American football Examples of yardageyardage Does that represent an increase in the yardage, or only in unemployment? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yes, it does represent an increase in the yardage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their main justification was as a damping factor to avoid excessive fluctuations in earnings if performance, tonnage or yardage, or whatever, fluctuated excessively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the very point of the argument, that in fact the monetary value does not represent clearly to the public the total yardage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Likewise, with respect to the minimum aggregate yardage, what percentage in the three subsections do these yardages represent? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why is it not possible in this case to alter the type of arrangement of importation and change the monetary value to a yardage value? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it is not only a question of yardage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1919 the yardage had gone down by half, but in spite of this the prices have been doubled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The time will come when we cannot buy the cotton with which to produce our yardage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By 1938 the yardage produced had halved; it was about 4,000 million yards, and half of that was exported. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the basis is yardage, there will be a limit on the number of yards a country can send. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be remembered that there is to be a quota on the yardage of made-up goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have a further advantage in that, because of economies of scale—the sort of yardage with which they are dealing—their labour unit costs are low. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where you have piece rates in operation, especially in coalmining and textiles, wages differ in accordance with the tonnage or yardage produced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us think of that in terms of yardage and of men and women employed and the number of looms kept moving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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