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.