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。
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。
a musical instrument with a triangular frame and strings that are plucked with the fingers
竖琴,由琴身和弯曲琴颈构成,弦垂直与音板
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
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。
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
灯罩架,用于安装灯罩的金属框架
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.
灯罩的一对弯曲竖形支架。
a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
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。
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
She learned to play the harp at the age of nine.
她九岁时学会了弹竖琴。
用法提示：harp 是名词，指乐器“竖琴”。
An old harp stood in the corner of the music room.
音乐室的角落里立着一把旧竖琴。
用法提示：harp 是名词，作主语，指乐器。
The shop sells both modern and traditional harps.
这家店既卖现代竖琴，也卖传统竖琴。
用法提示：harps 是 harp 的复数形式，作宾语。
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 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。
dwell on 较中性，既可指反复思考也可指反复谈论；harp on 通常带厌烦语气，且需说 harp on/upon。
多用于口语，语气比 harp on 随意，后接 about 引出话题。
口语中最常用，强调说得太久惹人烦；正式写作中不宜直接替换。
较正式，常搭配 belabor the point/issue；日常口语中很少用。
grammar · medium
易错句子She can play harp very well.
正确表达She can play the harp very well.
英语中表示演奏乐器时，乐器名词前必须用定冠词 the，如 play the piano、play the harp；不能说 play harp。
grammar · medium
易错句子He keeps harping his past mistakes.
正确表达He keeps harping on his past mistakes.
动词 harp 表示“不停地说”时为不及物动词，须先接介词 on 才能带宾语，即 harp on something；直接说 harping something 不符合英语语法。
harp（竖琴）是大型立式手拨弦乐器，常用于管弦乐队；lyre（里拉琴）是古希腊的小型拨弦乐器，象征诗歌与音乐。二者虽都是拨弦乐器，但外形、尺寸和演奏场合不同。
harp是手拨弦的乐器，没有键盘；harpsichord（羽管键琴）通过键盘驱动拨子拨弦，外形像钢琴。二者名称和发音相近，但演奏方式和所属乐器类别不同。
harp（竖琴）是乐器；harpoon（鱼叉）是捕鲸工具。二者拼写开头相同（harp-），但意义毫无关联，学习者容易因形近而误用。
弹竖琴
She learned to play the harp when she was ten.
她十岁时学会了弹竖琴。
竖琴弦
The musician gently plucked the harp strings.
音乐家轻轻拨动竖琴弦。
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。
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。
唠叨，反复地说
Stop harping on about your problems.
不要总是唠叨你的问题。
竖琴常作为管弦乐队中的乐器出现。
竖琴通过拨动琴弦发声。
演奏竖琴的基本动作是手指弹拨琴弦。
竖琴常用来演奏轻柔的旋律。
西方文化中天使常与竖琴形象联系在一起。
没完没了地谈（某事）；喋喋不休地抱怨（某事）
Stop harping on that mistake — I know I was wrong.
别再唠叨那个错误了——我知道我错了。
老调重弹；反复谈同一个话题
My uncle always harps on the same string whenever he visits.
我叔叔每次来都是老调重弹。
别再提那件事了，夫人；那已经过去了。
He keeps harping on about the mistakes we made.
他不停地唠叨我们犯过的错误。
那架曾让塔拉大厅洒满音乐灵魂的竖琴。
On her birthday, she received a beautiful harp from her grandfather.
生日那天，她收到了祖父送的一架精美的竖琴。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.