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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hearpe; akin to Old High German ~ha ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard 2. something resembling a ~ 3. harmonica 2 • ~ist noun II. intransitive verb Date: before 12th century 1. to play on a ~ 2. to dwell on or recur to a subject tiresomely or monotonously — usually used with on ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. a large upright roughly triangular musical instrument consisting of a frame housing a graduated series of vertical strings, played by plucking with the fingers. --v.intr. 1 (foll. by on, on about) talk repeatedly and tediously about. 2 play on a harp. Phrases and idioms harp-seal a Greenland seal, Phoca groenlandica, with a harp-shaped dark mark on its back. Derivatives harper n. harpist n. Etymology: OE hearpe f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. арфа to play (to string) the harp —- играть на арфе 2. (H.) астр. Лира (созвездие) 3. шотл. решето; сито 4. пренебр. ирландец 5. старинная ирландская монета 6. спец. веерный, веерообразный 7. играть на арфе 8. уст. рассказывать (что-л.) под аккомпанемент (звуки) арфы 9. (on, upon) твердить, бубнить одно и то же to harp on one's successes —- без конца говорить о своих успехах to harp on (upon) the same string (note) —- тянуть одну и ту же песню 10. редк. высказывать предположение ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun арфа 2. v. 1) играть на арфе 2) надоедливо толковать об одном и том же, завести волынку (on - о, об) My grandfather still harps on the death of his eldest son, all those years ago. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n a large musical instrument with strings that are stretched from top to bottom of a frame with three corners - harpist n ~2 v harp on phr v informal I BrE, T AmE) to talk about something continuously, especially in a way that is annoying or boring + abou (My grandfather harps on about the war all the time.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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polit. abbr. Humanistic American Religious Party NASA abbr. High Altitude Research Program mil. abbr. High Altitude Research Project am. radio. abbr. Hometown Area Recruiting Program network. abbr. Hybrid Array Ring Processor gen. bus. abbr. Health Assurance Retirement Plan ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. hearpe, from P.Gmc. *kharpon-. The verb is O.E. hearpian. Sense of "talk overmuch about" first recorded 1562. Harpsichord is 1611, from Fr. harpechorde "harp string," with unexplained -s-. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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