a piece of broken glass, metal, etc. (玻璃、金属等的)碎片 shards of glass 玻璃碎片 The brickwork exploded in dust and flying shards of clay. 砖房爆炸了,灰尘和碎砖土块四处飞散。
Word OriginOld English sceard ‘gap, notch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaarde ‘notch’, also to shear.