harp

名词 n. 动词 v.
/hɑːp/    /hɑɹp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
    — The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge
  2. A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body; Any instrument of the same musicological type.
  3. Any musical instrument.; A harmonica. colloquial
  4. Any musical instrument.; A struck tuned percussion instrument of metal or wooden bars, especially as a function of a theatre organ. colloquial
  5. A grain sieve. Scotland
  6. The component of a lamp to which one attaches the lampshade, consisting of a lightweight frame that usually surrounds the bulb with an attachment at the top for the finial.
    — Contains charts and instructions for wiring. Shows sockets, wire, harps, glass chimneys and globes, shade holders, bases, finials, and hundreds of items necessary in the building of lamps.
  7. Ellipsis of harp seal. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — More likely, it was the prospect of meat. Curwen was by now craving a juicy roast – 'even seal chop' – and was always loosing off at tickleasses and harps.
动词 v.
  1. To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain. derogatory,usually,with-on
    — Why do you harp on a single small mistake?
  2. To play on (a harp or similar instrument). transitive
  3. To play (a tune) on the harp. transitive
  4. To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon. archaic,transitive
    — Thou harped my fear aright.

词形变化

harps plural harps present,singular,third-person harping participle,present harped participle,past harped past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”).
词源 2
From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”).
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