A piece of land planted with grapevines, grown to make wine. Not a garden with a few vines by the wall — a vineyard is a farm, rows and rows of vines across a hillside, and the point of it is wine. If the grapes are grown to eat, English usually says a grape farm or table-grape farm instead.

A piece of land planted with grapevines,一塊種了葡萄藤的土地，grown to make wine.種來釀酒的。Not a garden with a few vines by the wall不是牆邊種幾株藤蔓的花園——— a vineyard is a farm,vineyard是一整片農場，rows and rows of vines across a hillside,山坡上一排一排的葡萄藤，and the point of it is wine.重點就是釀酒。If the grapes are grown to eat,如果種葡萄是為了吃，English usually says a grape farm or table-grape farm instead.英文通常會說grape farm或table-grape farm。

The word carries a picture with it. Because vineyards appear all through the Bible and through European painting, English speakers hear something old and settled in the word: sunshine, slopes, families who have farmed the same land for generations. So it turns up in names of places and estates far more often than a plain farm word would.

The word carries a picture with it.這個字自帶一種畫面感。Because vineyards appear all through the Bible and through European painting,因為vineyard在聖經和歐洲繪畫裡不斷出現，English speakers hear something old and settled in the word:說英文的人聽到這個字會聯想到古老而安穩的東西：sunshine, slopes, families who have farmed the same land for generations.陽光、山坡、世世代代耕種同一塊地的家族。So it turns up in names of places and estates所以它出現在地名和莊園名裡的機率，far more often than a plain farm word would.遠比一個普通的farm還要高。

Pronunciation is the thing to get right, and it surprises people. It is said VIN-yard — the middle e is silent, and the second half sounds like yard, not like the word yard's long relatives. Do not say "vine-yard" with a long i, even though that is exactly what the spelling suggests.

Pronunciation is the thing to get right,發音是最需要注意的地方，and it surprises people.也最讓人意外。It is said VIN-yard要唸成VIN-yard——— the middle e is silent,中間的e不發音，and the second half sounds like yard,後半段聽起來像yard這個字，not like the word yard's long relatives.不是那種拉長音的唸法。Do not say "vine-yard" with a long i,不要唸成長音的「vine-yard」，even though that is exactly what the spelling suggests.即使拼字看起來就是要人這樣唸。