Harp

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade.

(verb.) come back to; 'Don't dwell on the past'; 'She is always harping on the same old things'.

(verb.) play the harp; 'She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully'.

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• A harp, and other matters of a very uncanonical appearance, were also visible when this dark recess was opened. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In Heaven's name, don't harp upon it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• However, there was no time to think more about the matter, for the fiddles and harp began in real earnest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It was like the voice of a soul that had once lived in an Aeolian harp. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Mr. Bertram, said she, I have tidings of my harp at last. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• If Saul could have had you for his David, the evil spirit would have been exorcised without the aid of the harp. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• They abounded in China, in India, and in Egypt before the lyre of Apollo was invented, or the charming harp of Orpheus was conceived. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Forms going up--carpenters coming down--lamps, glasses, harps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Well, said Joe, still harping on it as though I had particularly pressed it, if I was yourself, Pip, I wouldn't. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Professor Max Müller in his time, for example, harped perpetually on the idea of sun stories and sun worship. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Daughter, said Isaac, thou hast harped upon another string of sorrow. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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