harp

名词 harp:

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
2. a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
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
   同义词：harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp

动词 harp:

1. come back to
   同义词：dwell
2. play the harp

1. Don't take your harp to the party.
   勿反复罗嗦。
2. Harp not for ever on the same string.
   勿老调重谈。
3. Don't keep harping on like that.
   别再那样唠唠叨叨的。
4. The old man still harps on a bout the death of his wife.
   老人仍在反复诉说他妻子去世的事。
5. She's always harping on my faults.
   她总是唠唠叨叨地谈我的过失。

harp

n.（名词）
Music An instrument consisting of an upright, open triangular frame with usually 4' strings of graded lengths played by plucking with the fingers.
【音乐】 竖琴：一种有一个通常系有四十六根长短不一的琴弦的直立的开放三角架、弹奏时用手指拨动琴弦的乐器
Something, such as a pair of vertical supports for a lampshade, that resembles this musical instrument.
竖琴：如灯罩的一对竖直支架的竖琴状的东西
v.intr.（不及物动词）
harped,harp.ing,harps
To play a harp.
弹奏竖琴

<常用词组>harp on
To talk or write about to an excessive and tedious degree; dwell on.
重复讲：说或写并不断重复达到一种过分和枯燥的程度；细细琢磨
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English hearpe
源自 古英语 hearpe
and from Old French harpe
并源自 古法语 harpe
[of Germanic origin]
[源于日耳曼语]

【引伸】
harp.er
n.（名词）
harp.ist
n.（名词）