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shard n.（陶器或玻璃等的）碎片；一小片或一部分；〈动物学〉昆虫翅鞘 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!

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英 [ʃɑːd] 美 [ʃɑːrd] 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. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](玻璃、陶器、金属的)碎片 Shards are pieces of broken glass, pottery, or metal.   [oft N of n]Eyewitnesses spoke of rocks and shards of glass flying in the air.目击者称空中石块和玻璃碎片四溅。

英语单词	shard
英美音标	英 [ʃɑːd] 美 [ʃɑːrd]
中文释义	n.（陶器或玻璃等的）碎片；一小片或一部分；〈动物学〉昆虫翅鞘
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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!
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](玻璃、陶器、金属的)碎片 Shards are pieces of broken glass, pottery, or metal. [oft N of n] Eyewitnesses spoke of rocks and shards of glass flying in the air. 目击者称空中石块和玻璃碎片四溅。

Shard Sharp Pieces Broken Glass Cut 英 ʃɑːd] 美