| 单词 | shard |
| 释义 | shard (once / 9555 pages) n If you break a mirror, the thin sharp pieces you want to avoid are shards. A shard is simply a broken piece of metal, glass, stone, or pottery with sharp edges. Don't confuse shard with shred, meaning to cut into strips, or chard, a leafy green vegetable. You could use a shard of metal to shred chard into salad, but be careful that you don't cut your hands to shreds! WORD FAMILYshard: shards USAGE EXAMPLESRoger Clemens fails to get votes necessary for Baseball Hall of Fame, hurls bat shard at Mike Piazza’s plaque in Cooperstown. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Mr. Mills does something similar narratively as he samples the era’s music, signposts and shards, all while circling Dorothea. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Amid the shards of 2016, Baldwin’s relevance is apparent enough. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) n a broken piece of a brittle artifact Syn|Hypo|Hyper fragment, sherd potsherd a shard of pottery piece a separate part of a whole |
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