Bard



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 吟游诗人
• ［英］ n. 吟游诗人 ( poet)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Scottish Gaelic & Irish
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds
  • b. a composer, singer, or declaimer of epic or heroic verse
• 2. poet
• ? bardic adjective

II. noun or barde

• Etymology: Middle French barde, from Old Italian barda, from Arabic dialect bard‘a packsaddle, saddle cover
• Date: 15th century
• a piece of armor or ornament for a horse's neck, breast, or flank

III. transitive verb

• Date: circa 1521
• 1. to furnish with bards
• 2. to dress meat for cooking by covering with strips of fat

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