Word · Frequency #12360
harp
竖琴
a musical instrument with a triangular frame and strings that are plucked with the fingers
- 1.
A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
竖琴,由琴身和弯曲琴颈构成,弦垂直与音板
- 2.
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
一种弦鸣乐器,具有三角形框架,由音板、支柱和弯曲琴颈构成；琴弦张于琴颈和音箱之间,用手拨奏。
- 3.
The component of a lamp to which one attaches the lampshade, consisting of a lightweight frame that usually surrounds the bulb with an attachment at the top for the finial.
灯罩架,用于安装灯罩的金属框架
- 4.
a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
灯罩的一对弯曲竖形支架。
- 5.
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
一种小型长方形自由簧乐器,簧片排列在气孔内,向所需孔吹气发声。
竖琴,由琴身和弯曲琴颈构成,弦垂直与音板；一种弦鸣乐器,具有三角形框架,由音板、支柱和弯曲琴颈构成；琴弦张于琴颈和音箱之间,用手拨奏。；灯罩架,用于安装灯罩的金属框架；灯罩的一对弯曲竖形支架。；一种小型长方形自由簧乐器,簧片排列在气孔内,向所需孔吹气发声。
In use
She learned to play the harp at the age of nine.
An old harp stood in the corner of the music room.
The shop sells both modern and traditional harps.
play the harp
harp 作名词时指“竖琴”，play the harp 是常见搭配，通常用定冠词 the。
She plays the harp in the school orchestra.
她在学校管弦乐队里演奏竖琴。
harp on about sth
harp on about sth 是动词短语，意为“不停地谈论（令人厌烦的事）”，常带贬义；也可以用 harp on sth，后直接接话题。
He kept harping on about his teenage years.
他一直没完没了地讲他的青少年时代。
Common mistakes
She can play harp very well.She can play the harp very well.
Connections
Collocations
- play the harp
- 弹竖琴
- She learned to play the harp when she was ten.她十岁时学会了弹竖琴。
- harp strings
- 竖琴弦
- The musician gently plucked the harp strings.音乐家轻轻拨动竖琴弦。
- harp player
- 竖琴演奏者
- The harp player gave a moving performance.竖琴演奏者奉献了一场动人的演出。
- harp music
- 竖琴音乐
- The room was filled with soft harp music.房间里弥漫着轻柔的竖琴音乐。
- harp on
- 唠叨，反复地说
- Stop harping on about your problems.不要总是唠叨你的问题。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象竖琴(harp)的琴弦像竖着的‘H’，弹琴时手指拨弦；harp 又常指‘不停地说’，像反复拨同一根弦。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：音乐演奏、正式说明、口语抱怨（harp on） 作名词指竖琴，多用于音乐、乐器或正式语境；作动词且有“不停地说”的含义时，通常用于口语，常搭配 on。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在美国标准读音中，harp 与 sharp /ʃɑrp/、carp /kɑrp/、tarp /tɑrp/ 押韵。注意：warp /wɔrp/ 拼写以 -arp 结尾，但元音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.