shards(shard 的复数):(玻璃、陶瓷、金属等的)碎片;尖锐的碎屑。常用于描述破裂后留下的锋利小块(也可比喻“记忆/生活的碎片”)。
UK: /ʃɑːd/
US: /ʃɑːrd/
She picked up the shards of glass carefully.
她小心地捡起玻璃碎片。
After the vase shattered, shards littered the floor, and he stared at them as if they were the broken pieces of his past.
花瓶摔碎后,碎片散落一地,他盯着它们,仿佛那是自己过往被打碎的片段。
shard 源自古英语 sceard,意为“缺口、裂口、破片”,与“切开/破裂后留下的缺口或碎片”这一核心含义有关。后来在现代英语中常指(尤指陶器、玻璃的)碎片;学术语境里也常见 potsherd(陶片)一词。