harp

• vi.ハープを弾く；おしゃべりをする；絶え間なく話す
• n. ハープ
• n.（ハープ）人の名前；（英）Harp.

古英語のhearpe、原ゲルマン語の*harpon、ハープから。同族語に拷問器具も含まれることから、語源的にはserp, harpoonと同じである。

harp (n.)

Old English hearpe "harp, stringed musical instrument played with the fingers," from Proto-Germanic *harpon- (cognates: Old Saxon harpa "instrument of torture;" Old Norse harpa, Dutch harp, Old High German harpfa, German Harfe "harp") of uncertain origin. Late Latin harpa, source of words in some Romanic languages (Italian arpa, Spanish arpa, French harpe), is a borrowing from Germanic. Meaning "harmonica" is from 1887, short for mouth-harp. The harp seal (1784) is so called for the harp-shaped markings on its back.

harp (v.)

Old English hearpian "to play on a harp;" see harp (n.). Cognate with Middle Dutch, Dutch harpen, Middle High German harpfen, German harfen. Figurative sense of "talk overmuch" (about something), "dwell exclusively on one subject" first recorded mid-15c. Related: Harped; harping.

1. Some of the instrumentation is exquisite，particularly for harp and flute.

いくつかの器楽段落は、特にハープとフルートの部分で非常に美しく書かれています。

2.Nell was plucking a harp .

ネルがハープを弾いている。

3.a concerto for flute and harp

フルートとハープの協奏曲

4.She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp .

彼女はハープの弦を指でなぞった。

5.He played an Irish melody on the harp .

ハープでアイルランドの曲を演奏した。