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1- a deep-bodied freshwater fish, typically with barbels around the mouth. Carp are farmed for food in some parts of the world and are often kept in large ponds.鲤鱼。
1.1
- Family Cyprinidae (the carp family): several genera and species, including the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix). The family includes the majority of freshwater fishes in Eurasia, Africa, and North and Central America.鲤科：数属, 数种, 包括鲤（拉丁名Cyprinus carpio）和鲢（拉丁名Hypophthalmichthys molitrix）。该科包括欧亚、非洲、北美洲、中美洲大多数的淡水鱼）。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French carpe, from late Latin carpa.
no obj.
- complain or find fault continually, typically about trivial matters挑剔; 吹毛求疵; 找茬儿：
I don't want to carp about the way you did
我不想对你的方法吹毛求疵
he was constantly carping at me.
他总是找我的茬儿。
派生词
carper
noun词源
Middle English （in the sense 'talk, chatter'）： from Old Norse karpa 'brag'; later influenced by Latin carpere 'pluck at, slander'.