(1)码(measure of length equal to 3 feet or 0.9144 metre)[C]：6～s of velvet 六码天鹅绒;a 4-～length of velvet 一块四码长的天鹅绒;～goods 按码出售的织物;The garden is 10～s wide.这个园子10码宽。One～is nearly a metre in length.一码接近一米。

(2)立方码(cubic yard)[C]：The workers need 3～s of sand at once.工人们马上需要三立方码沙土。

(3)帆桁(桅杆)(long pole-like piece of wood that supports and spreads a square sail)[C]：The captain threatened to hang the mutineers from the～.船长威胁着要把抗议者悬挂在桅横杆上。〖同〗yardarm;

→′yardage n 码数;′yardarm n 桅横杆端;′yardstick n 码尺