bard

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n. 吟游诗人, 诗人

发音

UK /bɑːd/
US /bɑɹd/

词形变化

bards 复数 barding bards 三单 barding 现在分词 barded 过去式 barded 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

    吟游诗人

    诗人

  2. 2.

    A poet.

    引申义

    Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.

  3. 3.

    A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype.

    游戏
  4. 1.

    A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)

  5. 2.

    Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

  6. 3.

    A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

    熏肉片

    烹饪
  7. 4.

    The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

  8. 5.

    Specifically, Peruvian bark.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cover a horse in defensive armor.

  2. 2.

    To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

    烹饪

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o-der. Proto-Celtic *bardosder. Old Irish bard Scottish Gaelic bàrdder. English bard (15th c.) from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).

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