carp
noun[CorU]
uk/kɑːp/us/kɑːrp/pluralcarpalargefishthatlivesinlakesandriversand can beeaten
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Freshwater fish
- American shad
- barramundi
- bream
- catfish
- chinook
- dorado
- eel
- electric eel
- elver
- fry
- lamprey
- minnow
- perch
- pike
- piranha
- roach
- salmon
- salmon trout
- tilapia
- trout
carp
verb[I]
uk/kɑːp/us/kɑːrp/tocomplainall thetimeaboutmattersthat are notimportant:
挑剔,找茬,吹毛求疵I can'tstandthe 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 atsomeoneidiom
- bellyaching
- bewail
- brouhaha
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
- complain
- complaining
- create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
- gnashing of teethidiom
- grouch
- lodge
- mutter
- nark
- raise a rumpusidiom
- rumpus
- squawk
- start on atsomeone
- vituperation
- whinging
- whiny