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a shard of + n [material]
He found a shard of glass on the floor.
他在地板上发现了一片玻璃碎片。
碎片；（玻璃、陶器等）碎块
shards — plural of shard
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
碎片；（玻璃、陶器等）碎块
A piece of broken glass, pottery, or similar brittle material such as rock.
He found a shard of glass on the floor.
他在地板上发现了一片玻璃碎片。
一块碎玻璃或碎陶片,尤指考古发掘中发现的碎片。
A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
甜菜(一种植物)。
The plant chard.
易碎物品的破碎片
a broken piece of a brittle artifact
碎片,尤指岩石等类似材料,似碎玻璃或陶片。
A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
She carefully picked up the shard of glass with tweezers.
她小心地用镊子捡起玻璃碎片。
Archaeologists found a shard of pottery at the dig site.
考古学家在发掘现场发现了一块陶器碎片。
The vase shattered, leaving sharp shards scattered on the floor.
花瓶碎了，地面上散落着锋利的碎片。
He found a shard of glass on the floor.
他在地板上发现了一片玻璃碎片。
Shards of pottery lay scattered across the site.
陶器碎片散落在遗址各处。
She carefully picked up a shard of the broken vase.
她小心地捡起花瓶的一块碎片。
The mirror was broken into hundreds of shards.
镜子碎成了数百块碎片。
Not this
He sharded the vase.
Use this
He broke the vase into shards.
shard 是名词，不是动词。表达“打碎成碎片”应使用动词 break 和介词 into，名词用复数 shards。
Not this
There is many shard on the floor.
Use this
There are many shards on the floor.
shard 是可数名词，复数形式为 shards，谓语动词要用复数 are。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
玻璃碎片
She noticed a shard of glass on the kitchen floor.
她注意到厨房地板上有一块玻璃碎片。
陶器碎片
The archaeologists discovered pottery shards near the ancient tomb.
考古学家在古代墓葬附近发现了陶器碎片。
碎冰
A gust of wind carried sharp shards of ice across the lake.
一阵风把锋利的碎冰吹过湖面。
数据库分片
The system stores each user's data in a separate database shard.
该系统将每个用户的数据存储在单独的数据库分片中。
金属碎片
After the explosion, metal shards were scattered all over the street.
爆炸后，金属碎片散落在街道上。
Use shards naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
Shard 音近“沙的”：碎玻璃或陶片像沙粒般散落在地，拾起一片就是 a shard。
语域：neutral 常见场景：考古发掘、日常描述、数据库技术 shard是中性词，书面和口语中都较常见。日常多指玻璃、陶器等物的碎片；考古中指出土的碎陶片或碎玻璃；数据库领域指分片。
通常后接 of 短语表示材质或来源
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