English Dictionary

knacker's yard

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnæk.əz ˌjɑːd/

名詞

口語 比喩的用法

The area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption or other purposes are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.

日本語の意味

屠殺場の中で、食用に適さない動物の死骸などを、接着剤などの有用な素材へと加工する区域

Reluctantly, the farmer drove the injured mare to the knacker's yard, the place where animals unfit for human consumption are processed into useful materials.

ためらいながら、農夫は負傷した雌馬を人間の食用に適さない死骸を溶解・処理してゼラチンや肥料などの有用な材料に加工する処理場へ連れて行った。

意味（1）

The area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption or other purposes are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.

CXXV. The Commissioners may license such slaughter-house and knacker's yards as they from time to time think proper for slaughtering cattle within the limits of the special Act. CXXVI. No place shall be used or occupied as a slaughter-house or knacker's yard within the said limits which was not in such use and occupation at the time of the passing of the special Act, …

意味（2）

(colloquial, figuratively) A (notional) place to send a person or object that is spent beyond all reasonable use.

I’ve never met someone so incompetent. He’s only fit for the knacker’s yard.

knackers' yards （ plural ）