n. 陶瓷碎片, 鞘翅, 薄硬壳

[ noun ]
a broken piece of a brittle artifact
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Shard \Shard\ (sh[aum]rd), n.
A plant; chard. [Obs.] --Dryden.


Shard \Shard\ (sh[aum]rd), n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from
the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a
fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar[eth]. See {Shear},
and cf. {Sherd}.] [Written also {sheard}, and {sherd}.]
1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like
brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
--Shak.

The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board. --E.
Arnold.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The hard wing case of a beetle.

They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.

3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.

4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.