shard
/ʃɑːd/noun
- a piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges(陶器、金属、玻璃、岩石等的)碎片:
shards of glass flew in all directions.
玻璃碎片四处飞溅。
词源
Old English sceard 'gap, notch, potsherd', of Germanic origin:related to Dutch schaarde 'notch', also to SHEAR.