generic or mock-heroic name for a horse, mid-14c., from Old French Baiard, name of the bay-colored magic steed given by Charlemagne to Renaud in the legends, from Old French baiart "bay-colored" (see bay (adj.)). Also by early 14c. proverbial as a blind person or thing, for now-unknown reasons. The name later was used attributively of gentlemen of courage and integrity, in this sense from Pierre du Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473-1524), French knight celebrated as Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche. The surname is perhaps in reference to hair color.
双语例句
1. She and Bayard are the champion show jumpers in the south of England.
她和贝尔德成为了英格兰南部的越障赛冠军.
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2. He got his mistress , Madeleine Bayard , the job of cipher officer on board ship.
他让妻子MadeleineBayard在船上担任密码破译员.
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3. Thus begins Pierre Bayard's witty and provocative meditation on the nature scale and necessity of non - reading.
