| 词汇 | carp |
| 释义 | carp noun[ C or U ] uk /kɑːp/ us /kɑːrp/pluralcarp a large fish that lives in lakes and rivers and can be eaten鲤鱼 FedBul/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Freshwater fish American shad barramundi blackfish bluefish bottom feeder coho dorado eel electric eel elver Pacific salmon panfish pink salmon piranha rockfish striped bass tilapia trout walleye whitefish carp verb[ I ] uk /kɑːp/ us /kɑːrp/ to complain all the time about matters that are not important: 挑剔，找茬，吹毛求疵 I can't stand the way he's always carping.我受不了他那副总是吹毛求疵的样子。 Synonym cavilformal Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour complain grizzle make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon remonstrate representation start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner carp | American Dictionarycarp verb[ I ] us/kɑrp/ carpverb[I] (COMPLAIN)to complain about unimportant matters: However much people carp about junk mail, many of them read it. carp noun[ C ] us/kɑrp/pluralcarp or carps carpnoun[C] (FISH)a large, edible fish that lives in lakes and rivers Examples of carpcarp Carping aside, the overall direction is good and the objectives are noble. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I had not intended these criticisms to be carping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not attempting to be carping in advancing this view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that to emphasise the fact that this is not a carping speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been no disposition whatever either to oppose it or to make anything in the nature of carping comments on it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my view, many of those criticisms have been rather carping and exaggerated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has only been carping on one topic—the need for universities to cut their coats according to their cloth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should be discussing it in the light of experience rather than carping about whether we have it at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I deplore the continual harping and carping about the bad environmental effects of motorways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All we have heard today is carping about the way in which those distributor organisations have undertaken their work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know how difficult it is to follow a speech of such philosophical content which was not full of carping criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that the third major priority is this—and this is not said in any spirit of carping criticism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that carping criticism, fundamental criticism and all sorts of criticism will fade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was carping from the outside, attacking and undermining all the work that was being done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I begin to think that much of my criticism and comments in the past have been somewhat carping, but we must keep up the pressure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of carp These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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