courtyard是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 院子， 庭院， 天井，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mary Grant and her brother were up very early next morning, and were walking about in the courtyard when they heard the sound of a carriage approaching.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After he had walked for a long time, he came to the courtyard of a royal palace, and as he felt weary, he lay down on the grass and fell asleep.
-- In his trouble and fear he went down into the courtyard and took thought how to help himself out of his trouble.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They had built him his house, storehouse, and courtyard near those of Priam and Hector on the acropolis.
-- He washed his hands and took the cup from his wife; then he made the drink-offering and prayed, standing in the middle of the courtyard and turning his eyes to heaven.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She did not hear him cross the courtyard beyond, nor see him pause in the archway that led from the subter-ranean path into the garden.
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