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- archaic or poetic/literary a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition〈古或诗/文〉（吟游）诗人。
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- （the Bard 或the Bard of Avon）Shakespeare莎士比亚。
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Bard
the winner of a prize for Welsh verse at an Eisteddfod（威尔士诗歌竞赛年会的）获奖诗人。
派生词
bardic
adjective词源
Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, Irish bard, Welsh bardd, of Celtic origin. In Scotland in the 16th cent. it was a derogatory term for an itinerant musician， but was later romanticized by Sir Walter Scott.
- a rasher of fat bacon placed on meat or game before roasting（放在烘烤肉类或野味上的）肥熏肉片。
词源
early 18th cent.: from French barde, a transferred sense of barde 'armour for the breast and flanks of a warhorse'， based on Arabic barḏa'a 'saddlecloth， padded saddle'.