The schoolyard is the open space beside a school building where children go when they are not in lessons — break, lunch, before the bell. They run, talk, play.

The schoolyardSchoolyard（操場） is是 the open space beside a school building學校建築物旁邊的空地，where children go when they are not in lessons小孩不上課的時候會去的地方——break, lunch, before the bell下課時間、午餐時間、上課鐘響前。They run, talk, play他們跑、聊天、玩耍。

In American English this is the usual word. In British English people more often say playground, and the wider land around the school may be the school grounds. A schoolyard is not the classroom, and it is not always a marked sports field, though in a small school the same patch of ground may do both jobs.

In American English在美式英文裡 this is the usual word這是最常見的說法。In British English people more often say playground在英式英文裡大家比較常說playground，and the wider land around the school may be the school grounds而學校周圍更大範圍的土地可能叫做school grounds。A schoolyard is not the classroomschoolyard不是教室，and it is not always a marked sports field也不一定是畫線的運動場——though in a small school the same patch of ground may do both jobs不過在小學校裡，同一塊地可能兩種功能都兼。

People also use schoolyard when they talk about children’s social world between classes: schoolyard fights, schoolyard teasing. Yard here means an open piece of ground by a building, not the measuring unit.

People also use schoolyard when they talk about children's social world between classes大家也會用schoolyard來講小孩下課之間的社交世界：schoolyard fights, schoolyard teasing像是schoolyard fights（操場打架）、schoolyard teasing（操場嘲弄）。Yard here means an open piece of ground by a building這裡的yard指的是建築物旁的一塊空地，not the measuring unit不是計量單位的那個「碼」。