| 单词 | harp |
| 释义 | Related topics: Musicharp1 /hɑːp $ hɑːrp/ noun [countable] 1. APMa large musical instrument with strings that are stretched across a vertical frame with three corners, and that you play with your fingers 竖琴 →4 See picture of 见图 STRINGED INSTRUMENT —harpist noun [countable] →5 see picture at 见图 stringed instrumentExamples from the Corpusharp• Power, a New Zealander, plays the blues harp and the chromatic harmonica.• The third time, Jack stole a golden harp and was almost caught.• When he married her, she was a reserved, very plain girl who played the harp in a provincial symphony orchestra.• Perhaps the biggest thing going was the harp played by JoAnn Turovsky, sounding positively, well, huge.• Remi was going to ny down in a stratosphere liner with this harp under his arm and make us all rich.harp2 verb 1 harp on about something British English, harp on something American English phrasal verb informal TALK TO somebodyto talk about something continuously, especially in a way that is annoying or boring 唠唠叨叨，喋喋不休地谈论〔某事〕 My grandfather harps on about the war all the time. 我的祖父总是喋喋不休地说战争的事。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusharp• The speech therapist tells them, in effect, to calm down and stop harping on it and it will go away.• Karl Maclaren thinks the two are harping on one side of the issue too strongly.• Mr. Lilley Confidence will not be instilled by harping solely on the negatives.Origin harp1 Old English hearpeharp1 nounharp2 verbChinese large Corpus musical that with strings a instrument |
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