A barnyard is the open ground on a farm that sits among the farm buildings — the barn, the sheds, the places where animals sleep. It is not the barn itself.

A barnyard is穀倉院 is是 on a farm在農場上 that sits among the farm buildings座落在各建築物之間 the open ground的那塊空地——the barn穀倉、the sheds棚舍、the places where animals sleep動物睡覺的地方。It它 is not不是 the barn itself穀倉本身。

The barn is the big building; the barnyard is the dusty or muddy yard in front of it and around it, where chickens walk, a tractor waits, and the smell of animals hangs in the air.

The barn穀倉 is the big building是那棟大建築；the barnyard這塊空地 is則是 in front of it and around it它前面和周圍、the dusty or muddy yard塵土或泥濘的院子——where chickens walk雞在那裡走動、a tractor waits拖拉機也停在那裡、and the smell of animals hangs in the air空氣中瀰漫著動物的味道。

Farmers and people who write about country life use this word. In stories it often feels rural and a little old: a place of noise, dirt, and work, not a pretty garden.

Farmers農夫 and people who write about country life和寫鄉村生活的人 use this word會用這個字。In stories在故事裡 it它 often feels rural and a little old常給人鄉下、有點老式的感覺：a place of noise, dirt, and work一個吵鬧、髒亂、充滿勞動的地方，not a pretty garden而不是漂亮的花園。

People also stretch it — barnyard smells, barnyard animals — meaning the rough, messy world of that yard, not a street or a park.

People also stretch it人們也會延伸使用這個字——barnyard smells穀倉院的氣味、barnyard animals穀倉院的動物——meaning意思是 the rough, messy world of that yard那個院子裡粗獷雜亂的世界，not a street or a park而不是街道或公園。

Though actually, American English uses barnyard more readily; in Britain people often just say farmyard for the same kind of place.

Though actually不過其實，American English uses barnyard more readily美式英語比較常用barnyard；in Britain在英國 people often just say farmyard人們常常只說farmyard for the same kind of place來指同樣的地方。