Harp
[hɑːp] or [hɑrp]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers.
(noun.) a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade.
(verb.) come back to; 'Don't dwell on the past'; 'She is always harping on the same old things'.
(verb.) play the harp; 'She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully'.
富兰克林校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.
(n.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
(n.) A grain sieve.
(n.) To play on the harp.
(n.) To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon.
(v. t.) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
整理:马文
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Lyre.
v. n. [1]. Play on the harp.[2]. Dwell (tediously).
整理:雪麗
解釋/意思:
n. a musical stringed instrument much esteemed by the ancients.—v.i. to play on the harp: to dwell tediously upon anything.—v.t. to give voice to.—ns. Harp′er Harp′ist a player on the harp.—n.pl. Harp′ings (naut.) the fore-parts of the wales surrounding the bow extensions of the rib-bands.—n. Harp′-shell a genus of gasteropodous molluscs with inflated shell.—Harp on one string to dwell constantly on one topic.
整理:拉尔夫
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To hear the sad sweet strains of a harp, denotes the sad ending to what seems a pleasing and profitable enterprise. To see a broken harp, betokens illness, or broken troth between lovers. To play a harp yourself, signifies that your nature is too trusting, and you should be more careful in placing your confidence as well as love matters.
克莱夫整理
例句/造句/用法:
- A harp, and other matters of a very uncanonical appearance, were also visible when this dark recess was opened. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In Heaven's name, don't harp upon it! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- However, there was no time to think more about the matter, for the fiddles and harp began in real earnest. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It was like the voice of a soul that had once lived in an Aeolian harp. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Mr. Bertram, said she, I have tidings of my harp at last. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- If Saul could have had you for his David, the evil spirit would have been exorcised without the aid of the harp. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- They abounded in China, in India, and in Egypt before the lyre of Apollo was invented, or the charming harp of Orpheus was conceived. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Forms going up--carpenters coming down--lamps, glasses, harps. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Well, said Joe, still harping on it as though I had particularly pressed it, if I was yourself, Pip, I wouldn't. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Professor Max Müller in his time, for example, harped perpetually on the idea of sun stories and sun worship. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Daughter, said Isaac, thou hast harped upon another string of sorrow. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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