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harp

[hɑːp] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. арфа
2. (Harp) астр. Лира (созвездие)
3. губная гармоника
гл.
1. играть на арфе
2. (harp on / about) надоедливо твердить о (чём-л.), занудствовать, завести волынку

Engineering (En-Ru)

harp

поворотная часть суппорта (строгального станка); поворотный круг; лира

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The second course was two ducks trussed up in the form of fiddles; sausages and puddings resembling flutes and hautboys, and a breast of veal in the shape of a harp.
Во вторую перемену вошли две утки, приготовленные в форме скрипок, сосиски и колбаса в виде флейты и гобоя и телячья грудинка в виде арфы.
Swift, Jonathan / Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldСвифт, Джонатан / Путешествия Гулливера
Путешествия Гулливера
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the world
Swift, Jonathan

- Come, strike up, tabor and harp, strike up, fiddle and rebeck - dance and be merry to-day, and let care come to-morrow.
Эй, грянь, барабан, играй, арфа, ударьте по струнам, скрипачи, пляшите все и веселитесь сегодня, а завтра — хоть трава не расти!
Scott, Walter / The AbbotСкотт, Вальтер / Аббат
Аббат
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1963
The Abbot
Scott, Walter
© The University Court of the University of Edinburgh 2000

She said all a body would have to do there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing, forever and ever.
Будто бы делать там ничего не надо — знай прогуливайся целый день с арфой да распевай, и так до скончания века.
Twain, Mark / Huckleberry FinnТвен, Марк / Приключения Гекльберри Финна
Приключения Гекльберри Финна
Твен, Марк
© «Государственное издательство художественной литературы», 1960
Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark
© 2004 BookSurge LLC

He caught hold of the harp, turned red as a beet, and commenced to blow.
Он схватил гармонику, покраснел, как свекла, и принялся дуть.
O.Henry / Holding Up a TrainГенри, О. / Налет на поезд
Налет на поезд
Генри, О.
Holding Up a Train
O.Henry

His head was turning round and his heart vibrating like a harp-string.
Голова у него кружилась и сердце дрожало, как струна.
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979

'May I hope to prove them all?' said Mr Dombey, with solemn gallantry, laying down a drawing he had held, and motioning towards the harp.
— Могу ли я познакомиться с ними? — с напыщенной галантностью осведомился мистер Дом6и, полошив рисунок, который держал в руке, и указывая на арфу.
Dickens, Charles / Dombey and SonДиккенс, Чарльз / Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
Dombey and Son
Dickens, Charles
© 2009 by Classic Books International

" And, leaning forward, she raised herself, and, bending the harp towards her, struck some wandering chords. Then her low voice broke out in perfect and most sweet song. And thus she sang:
– Она села на ложе, спустила ноги, притянула к себе арфу и несколько раз пробежала по ее струнам пальцами, потом запела своим низким, бархатным голосом прекрасную песнь любви:
Haggard, Henry Rider / CleopatraХаггард, Генри Райдер / Клеопатра
Клеопатра
Хаггард, Генри Райдер
© ООО "РИЦ Литература", состав, 2006
© ООО "Торговый дом "Издательство Мир книги", 2006
Cleopatra
Haggard, Henry Rider
© 2010 by Indo-European Publishing

His father played the French horn, his mother the harp; he himself was practising on three different instruments by the time he was five.
Отец его играл на валторне, мать на арфе; сам он уже по пятому году упражнялся на трех различных инструментах.
Turgenev, I.S. / A House of GentlefolkТургенев, И.С. / Дворянское гнездо
Дворянское гнездо
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1983
A House of Gentlefolk
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

And so saying, he reached the harp, and entertained his guest with the following characteristic song, to a sort of derry-down chorus, appropriate to an old English ditty.
С этими словами он взял арфу и позабавил гостя следующей примечательной песенкой, приспособив к ней известный хоровой мотив старинных английских песен дерри-даун.
Scott, Walter / YvanhoeСкотт, Вальтер / Айвенго
Айвенго
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература ", 1962
Yvanhoe
Scott, Walter

The man wore a twisted smile, directed at his harp.
Асмодиан, скривив в улыбке губы, опустил голову к своей арфе.
Jordan, Robert / The Fires of HeavenДжордан, Роберт / Огни небес
Огни небес
Джордан, Роберт
The Fires of Heaven
Jordan, Robert
© 1993 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.

Still another one-sided emphasis is a tendency to harp always on the "bad" sides, or what are regarded as such.
Еще одним вариантом одностороннего акцентирования является тенденция постоянно твердить о «плохих» сторонах или сторонах, кажущихся таковыми.
Horney, Karen / Self-AnalysisХорни, Карен / Самоанализ
Самоанализ
Хорни, Карен
© Боковиков A.M., Старовойтов В.В., перевод, 2001
© ЗАО «Издательство «ЭКСМО-Пресс», 2001
Self-Analysis
Horney, Karen
© 1942 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
© 1970 by Marianne von Eckardt, Renate Mintz, and Brigitte Swarzenski

You’re awful when you harp.”
Ты становишься ужасно противным, когда так нудишь.
Updike, John / Rabbit, RunАпдайк, Джон / Кролик, беги
Кролик, беги
Апдайк, Джон
© Издательство «Правда», 1990
Rabbit, Run
Updike, John
© 1998 by Ballantine Books

«Should he talk long in this manner,» said Lord Menteith, «you must keep your harp in tune, my dear Annot.»
— Если он будет продолжать в том же духе, — заметил лорд Ментейт, — вам придется постоянно держать наготове вашу арфу, милая Эннот.
Scott, Walter / A Legend of MontroseСкотт, Вальтер / Легенда о Монтрозе
Легенда о Монтрозе
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
A Legend of Montrose
Scott, Walter
© 2008 by ICON Group International, Inc.

But your hour of darkness is approaching, let me fetch my harp—«
Но я вижу, что мрак надвигается на твою душу, позволь мне принести арфу.
Scott, Walter / A Legend of MontroseСкотт, Вальтер / Легенда о Монтрозе
Легенда о Монтрозе
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
A Legend of Montrose
Scott, Walter
© 2008 by ICON Group International, Inc.

She will utter a musical sound, or a moan, like a harp string, but don't expect a song from her.
Будет звучать и ныть, как струна, а песни от нее не жди.
Turgenev, I.S. / On the eveТургенев, И.С. / Накануне
Накануне
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
On the eve
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1st World Library, 2008

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hɑːpNounарфаExamples

to play the harp — играть на арфе

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арфа
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Collocations

Aeolian harp

Эолова арфа

harp antenna

антенна с веерной диаграммой направленности

harp antenna

веерная антенна

harp antenna

уголковая двухвибраторная антенна

harp screen

струнный грохот

Jew's harp

варган

harp on the same string

дудеть

harp on the same tune

задолбить

harp on one's favourite tune

зарядить

begin to harp

затягивать

harp on

рассусоливать

harp aerial

веерная антенна

harp shackle

скоба якоря

harp-shape shackle

скоба якоря

jew's harp

комуз

Word forms

harp

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	harp	harps
Possessive case	harp's	harps'

harp

verb

Basic forms
Past	harped
Imperative	harp
Present Participle (Participle I)	harping
Past Participle (Participle II)	harped

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I harp	we harp
you harp	you harp
he/she/it harps	they harp

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am harping	we are harping
you are harping	you are harping
he/she/it is harping	they are harping

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have harped	we have harped
you have harped	you have harped
he/she/it has harped	they have harped

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been harping	we have been harping
you have been harping	you have been harping
he/she/it has been harping	they have been harping

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I harped	we harped
you harped	you harped
he/she/it harped	they harped

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was harping	we were harping
you were harping	you were harping
he/she/it was harping	they were harping

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had harped	we had harped
you had harped	you had harped
he/she/it had harped	they had harped

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been harping	we had been harping
you had been harping	you had been harping
he/she/it had been harping	they had been harping

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will harp	we shall/will harp
you will harp	you will harp
he/she/it will harp	they will harp

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be harping	we shall/will be harping
you will be harping	you will be harping
he/she/it will be harping	they will be harping

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have harped	we shall/will have harped
you will have harped	you will have harped
he/she/it will have harped	they will have harped

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been harping	we shall/will have been harping
you will have been harping	you will have been harping
he/she/it will have been harping	they will have been harping

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would harp	we should/would harp
you would harp	you would harp
he/she/it would harp	they would harp

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be harping	we should/would be harping
you would be harping	you would be harping
he/she/it would be harping	they would be harping

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have harped	we should/would have harped
you would have harped	you would have harped
he/she/it would have harped	they would have harped

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been harping	we should/would have been harping
you would have been harping	you would have been harping
he/she/it would have been harping	they would have been harping

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am harped	we are harped
you are harped	you are harped
he/she/it is harped	they are harped

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being harped	we are being harped
you are being harped	you are being harped
he/she/it is being harped	they are being harped

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been harped	we have been harped
you have been harped	you have been harped
he/she/it has been harped	they have been harped

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was harped	we were harped
you were harped	you were harped
he/she/it was harped	they were harped

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being harped	we were being harped
you were being harped	you were being harped
he/she/it was being harped	they were being harped

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been harped	we had been harped
you had been harped	you had been harped
he/she/it had been harped	they had been harped

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be harped	we shall/will be harped
you will be harped	you will be harped
he/she/it will be harped	they will be harped

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been harped	we shall/will have been harped
you will have been harped	you will have been harped
he/she/it will have been harped	they will have been harped

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