单词 | carp |
释义 | carp (once / 2396 pages) 1n 2v A carp is a type of fish found in fresh water. To carp is to complain and gripe repeatedly, especially about little things. Don’t carp about the rain if you live in the rain forest. A carp is a freshwater fish belonging to the Cyprinidae family, which is native to Europe and Asia. To carp, on the other hand, is universal. To carp is to complain and whine in a particularly annoying way. Someone who always complains about the same things over and over loves to carp. Carping is a little like nagging: no one wants to listen to it. People who carp find fault with almost everything. WORD FAMILYcarp: carped, carper, carping, carps+/carper: carpers/carping: carpings USAGE EXAMPLESAdditionally, the researchers call for close monitoring of invasive Asian carp, which might out-compete native fish species if they infest the Great Lakes. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) They are the same ones already carping about retired brain surgeon Ben Carson’s being picked to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Washington Times(Dec 06, 2016) But I digress, as does Ms. Arcade, moving from a brief history of the advertising industry to carping about tourist hordes invading the city. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) 1 1n any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae Hypo|Hyper Cyprinus carpio, domestic carp large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest leather carpscaleless domestic carp mirror carpdomestic carp with some large shining scales cyprinid, cyprinid fish soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales 2n the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised 2Hyper freshwater fish flesh of fish from fresh water used as food v raise trivial objections Syn|Hyper cavil, chicane object express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent |
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