| 单词 | harp |
| 释义 | harp (once / 318 pages) 1nv 2v A harp is a large, stringed musical instrument with a beautiful sound. If you want to play an instrument that's portable, you should choose a ukulele instead of a harp. Many orchestras include a classical harp, which is such a big instrument that players usually need assistance to move them. Harps are played from a sitting position, resting on the player's shoulder as she plucks the strings with both hands. A folk harp is often smaller, sometimes sitting on a player's lap. When harp is used as a verb, it means to talk constantly and dully about one topic: "The harpist did nothing but harp on about the weather." WORD FAMILYharp: harped, harper, harping, harpist, harps+/harper: harpers/harpist: harpists USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Obama harps on Russia’s weakness as an economy, as a political system, as a social role model—which is all true. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) Harp said one of the most striking differences was that no one at the Waters Avenue location cleaned the bus carts. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) Celtic musicians and the St. Andrew’s choirs will perform, Instruments include the hammered dulcimer, accordion, harp guitar, Irish flute and guitar. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1 1n 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 Hypo|Hyper aeolian harp, aeolian lyre, wind harp a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them lyrea harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment trigona triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome chordophone a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers 2n a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole Syn|Hyper harmonica, mouth harp, mouth organ free-reed instrument a wind instrument with a free reed 3n a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade Hyper support any device that bears the weight of another thing 4v play the harp 2She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully Hyper play perform music on (a musical instrument) v come back to She is always harping on the same old things Syn|Hyper dwell ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell to say, state, or perform again |
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