Carp



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 鲤鱼; v. 吹毛求疵
• ［英］ v. 吹毛求疵 ( complain continually)
• ［类］ complain : carp / drink : guzzle ( 抱怨 -> 吹毛求疵 / 饮用 -> 痛饮) caviler : carping / libertine : licentious ( 吹毛求疵者吹毛求疵 / 放荡者放荡)

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute
• Date: 14th century
• to find fault or complain querulously
• ? carper noun

II. noun

• Date: 1904
• complaint

III. noun (plural carp or carps)

• Etymology: Middle English carpe, from Middle French, from Late Latin carpa, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German karpfo carp
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a large variable Asian soft-finned freshwater cyprinid fish (Cyprinus carpio) of sluggish waters that is often raised for food and has been widely introduced into United States waters; also any of various related cyprinid fishes (as the grass carp)
• 2. a fish (as the European sea bream) resembling a carp

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