英：['kɑ:pə]
美：['kɑpə]
carper如何读
carper是什么意思
- n.吹毛求疵者；苛评者
carper英英释义
verb
intransitive verb
to find fault or complain querulously
noun (1)
complaint
noun (2)
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 U.S. watersalso: any of various related cyprinid fishes (such as the grass carp)
a fish (such as the European sea bream) resembling a carp
combining form
fruit
carpogonium
noun combining form
part of a fruit : fruitschizocarp
mesocarp
carper词源中文解释
15世纪中期，“说话者”（已过时），是 carp（v.）的动作名词，指其早期意义。 “挑剔者”的意思来自1570年代。
carper词源英文解释
Verb Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute Noun (2) Middle English carpe, from Middle French, from Late Latin carpa, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German karpfo carp Combining form French & New Latin, from Greek karp-, karpo-, from karpos — more at harvest Noun combining form New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos
The first known use of carp was in the 15th century
carper儿童词典英英释义
cartographynoun
the making of maps
carpetnoun
a heavy fabric used especially as a floor covering
a covering like a carpet
carpetbag1 of 2noun
a traveling bag made of carpeting and very popular in the U.S. in the 19th century
carpetbag2 of 2adjective
of or relating to carpetbaggers
carp1 of 2verb
to find fault : complain
carp2 of 2noun
a large Asian freshwater fish often raised for food and widely introduced into U.S. watersalso: any of various related or similar fishes
carper 例句
1 He repeated substantially what the carpers had said at the time Perry won the title.
2 The earliest cultivators of the art were probably the men with a grievance, or, as Dr. Garnett says, "the carpers and fault-finders of the clan".
3 He's tired of always being carped at by his critics.
4 He's always carping about his boss.
5 How is it, that ever since the days of James I, of 'hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain' memory, there have always been carpers on the injurious effects of smoking?
6 Shame not these woods By putting on the cunning of a carper.
7 These carpers affect to set down to the score of the University all the money that is spent by the young men who reside in it.
8 The mixture startled the critics and carpers to whom its object had not been explained; but my conviction still remains that it represents, with much truth to nature, the motley suit of the Arabo-Egyptian.
9 In recent times Pietersen has seemed to need runs to keep the carpers off his back.
10 Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has been outspoken in recent days, and within the administration some dismiss him as a carper.
11 A carper might have said that Eddy was the least bit vague on the subject of the dear old days.
12 Some notorious carpers and squeamish moralists might be sulky with Lord Steyne, but they were glad enough to come when he asked them.
13 His brother, who has since become a fan of it, led the chorus of carpers.
14 A carper might have pointed out that the discussion of the dear old days, when you came to analyse it, was practically a monologue on Mary's part, punctuated with musical 'Yes, yes's' from her companion.
15 That's how much of a carper from the sidelines I am.
16 His campaign at first dismissed the carpers as “bedwetters”.
17 But the task of a carper is repugnant.
18 The fortunate issue of the war silenced every carper, and the ten years following have been well named the "era of good feeling."
19 There were still carpers who would regard him as a menace to life and limb.
20 The carping had subsided, he wrote, but few of the carpers had as yet made the “amende honorable” that now clearly was due Chicago.
carper 同义词
1 吹毛求疵的人
2 恶意挑剔者