barn yardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈbɑɹnˌjɑɹd/

名詞

barnyard (plural barnyards)

1. (agriculture) The yard associated with or surrounding a barn.

   Synonym: farmyard

   • 1967, Peter Farb, The Land, Wildlife, and Peoples of the Bible, page 78:

     It has a coat of stiff hairs rather than the soft fleece of the barnyard animal, and it is much more agile.

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形容詞

barnyard (comparative more barnyard, superlative most barnyard)

1. (figurative) Vulgar; scatological.
   • 1973, Walter C. Allen, Hendersonia: The Music of Fletcher Henderson and His Musicians, page 509:

     Henderson too barnyard for Casa Loma, so they are rejecting further arrangements by him.

   • 1999, D. K. Barber, Baldy and the Mohawks, page 12:

     The bad part was that Thor and Chief, with their vivid and clever imaginations, had made up a whole cast of characters, some of them with very barnyard names, and soap-opera lives.

   • 2011 August 8, Rick Smith, “Cedar Rapids, Marion take aim at 'snout' houses”, in The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

     They’ve come to be called "snout" houses, a label that sounds more barnyard than city street and, in any event, certainly doesn’t sound pretty.

2. (figurative) Of food or drink, having an earthy flavor.
   • 2013 February 13, Linda Hervieux, “Brooklynite Hits France, With Plans to Seduce”, in New York Times:

     Mr. Oliver, the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, has a quirky way of describing his creations. He refers to the more complex ones as “a little bit barnyard,” “having a funky nose” or “like a good sourdough bread.”

   • 2016 July 20, “How To Add a Cheese Board to Your Summer Menu”, in Modern Restaurant Management:

     Cheeses made from goat’s milk tend to have a more barnyard and tangy taste than cow’s milk.

同意語

• farmyardy

参照

• “barnyard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.