harp
pronunciation
UK [hɑːp]
US [hɑːrp]
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- n.
- 竖琴
- 竖琴状的东西
- [天]天琴座
- <美俚>爱尔兰人
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- vi.
- 弹竖琴
- 唠叨，喋喋不休
- 不停地说
Word Origin
harp 竖琴
来自古英语hearpe,来自Proto-Germanic*harpon,竖琴。可能来自PIE*serp,弯，转，弯钩，词源同serpent,harpoon.因其同源词也包含折磨用的刑具。
Example
- 1. Mom wants to float on a cloud and play a harp .
- 妈妈却想飞到云彩上弹竖琴。
- 2. Then I listen to mozart 's flute and harp concertos on a walkman .
- 之后我用随身听了听莫扎特的长笛和竖琴协奏曲。
- 3. They were not fighting men , and their harp was their passport .
- 他们不是作战人员，竖琴就是他们的通行证。
- 4. Even the royal standard pennant fluttering from her range rover still bears a heraldic irish harp in one corner .
- 即便是她乘坐的路虎-揽胜前飘扬的皇室旗帜的一角仍然饰有爱尔兰竖琴的纹章。
- 5. Dancers , known as cuadrillas , wear colorful costumes and jump through the air with pairs of scissors to the accompaniment of harp and fiddle music .
- 那些跳舞者，也是斗牛士的助手，身穿彩色服装伴随着竖琴与小提琴的乐声跳过一双双剪刀的空隙处。