harp• Power, a New Zealander, plays the blues harp and the chromatic harmonica.• The third time, Jackstole a goldenharp and was almost caught.• When he married her, she was a reserved, very plaingirl who played the harp in a provincialsymphonyorchestra.• Perhaps the biggest thing going was the harp played by JoAnn Turovsky, sounding positively, well, huge.• Remi was going to ny down in a stratosphereliner with this harp under his arm and make us all rich.
harp2 verb
1harp on about somethingBritish EnglishBrE, harp on something American Englishphrasal verbphr v informalTALK 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。
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harp on about • But the Tories would be unwise to harp on about Mr Kinnock's.
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harp• The speechtherapist 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.
VERB + HARP➤set, tune給豎琴調音◇By means of pedals, a harp can be set in any desired key.利用踏板可以給豎琴調出任何一種調子。➡ topic at musicharp
verb
●harp onADVERB➤always, constantly總是嘮叨◇He is always harping on about the war.他總是對那場戰爭說個沒完。➤still仍然嘮叨PREPOSITION➤about嘮叨⋯PHRASES➤keep harping on不斷嘮叨◇Don't keep harping on about my age!別總對我的年齡嘮叨個沒完!