harp
[hɑ:p]
n. 竖琴

vi. 弹奏竖琴, 停

1. She's always harping on my faults.
   她总唠唠叨叨谈。
2. The old man still harps on a bout the death of his wife.
   老复去。
3. Don't keep harping on like that.
   别再那唠唠叨叨。

harp
[ noun ]

1. 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

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2. a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade

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3. 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

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[ verb ]

1. come back to

<verb.communication> dwell
Don't dwell on the past
She is always harping on the same old things

2. play the harp

<verb.creation>
She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully

Harp \Harp\ (h[aum]rp), n. [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D.
harp, G. harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame
furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held
upright, and played with the fingers.

2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.

3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]

{[AE]olian harp}. See under {[AE]olian}.

{Harp seal} (Zo["o]l.), an arctic seal ({Phoca
Gr[oe]nlandica}). The adult males have a light-colored
body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and
the face and throat black. Called also {saddler}, and
{saddleback}. The immature ones are called {bluesides};
their fur is white, and they are killed and skinned to
harvest the fur.

{Harp shell} (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell
of the genus {Harpa}, of several species, found in
tropical seas. See {Harpa}.


Harp \Harp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Harped} (h[aum]rpt) p. pr. &
vb. n. {Harping}.] [AS. hearpian. See {Harp}, n.]
1. To play on the harp.

I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their
harps. --Rev. xiv. 2.

2. 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. ``Harpings upon old themes.'' --W. Irving.

Harping on what I am,
Not what he knew I was. --Shak.

{To harp on one string}, to dwell upon one subject with
disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Colloq.]


Harp \Harp\, 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.

Thou 'st harped my fear aright. --Shak.