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Ⅰ.Ichthyology carpe fⅡ.carp2(complain) se plaindre; (find fault) critiquer;∎ he's always carping on about his work il se plaint toujours de son travail -
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mirror ['mɪrə(r)]1 noun∎ when I look at my face in the mirror quand je me regarde dans le miroir ou la glace;∎ Cars check your mirrors before moving off regardez dans les rétroviseurs avant de démarrer;∎ Cars mirror, signal, manoeuvre = phrase utilisée par les moniteurs d'auto-école pour rappeler qu'il faut regarder dans le rétroviseur puis mettre son clignotant avant d'entreprendre une manœuvre quelconque;∎ figurative it's all done with mirrors c'est de la magie;∎ figurative to hold up a mirror to sth refléter qch;∎ the tabloid press is not necessarily a mirror of national opinion la presse à sensation ne reflète pas nécessairement l'opinion du pays;∎ literary the eyes are the mirrors of the soul les yeux sont les miroirs de l'âme∎ the Mirror = nom abrégé du 'Daily Mirror'∎ the water mirrored her face l'eau réfléchissait son visage;∎ the steeple is mirrored in the lake le clocher se reflète ou se mire dans le lac∎ his experience exactly mirrors my own nous avons eu des expériences identiques►► Ichthyology mirror carp carpe f miroir;mirror finish fini m spéculaire;Press the Mirror Group, Mirror Group Newspapers = grand groupe de presse britannique;mirror image image f en miroir, image f spéculaire; figurative copie f conforme;mirror polish polissage m spéculaire;Computing mirror site (on Internet) site m miroir;Psychology the mirror stage le stade du miroir;mirror writing écriture f spéculaire ou en miroir
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carp — Ⅰ. carp [1] ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a deep bodied freshwater fish, often kept in ponds and sometimes farmed for food. ORIGIN Latin carpa. Ⅱ. carp [2] ► VERB ▪ complain or find fault continually … English terms dictionary
carp — verb they could always find something to carp about Syn: complain, cavil, grumble, grouse, whine, bleat, nag; informal gripe, grouch, beef, bellyache, moan, bitch, whinge, kvetch Ant: praise … Thesaurus of popular words
carp — verb Syn: complain, find fault, quibble, grumble, grouse, whine; informal nit pick, gripe, moan, bitch, whinge Ant: praise … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
carp´like´ — carp1 «kahrp», verb, noun. –v.i. to find fault; complain: »We will not carp at this great writer (Matthew Arnold). No doubt every psychologist will find something to carp at a quibble over a definition or a complaint about an omission (New… … Useful english dictionary
carp´er — carp1 «kahrp», verb, noun. –v.i. to find fault; complain: »We will not carp at this great writer (Matthew Arnold). No doubt every psychologist will find something to carp at a quibble over a definition or a complaint about an omission (New… … Useful english dictionary
carp — I UK [kɑː(r)p] / US [kɑrp] noun [countable] Word forms carp : singular carp plural carp a large fish that lives in lakes and rivers II UK [kɑː(r)p] / US [kɑrp] verb [intransitive] Word forms carp : present tense I/you/we/they carp he/she/it carps … English dictionary
carp — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
carp — carp1 [ karp ] (plural carp) noun count a large fish that lives in lakes and rivers carp carp 2 [ karp ] verb intransitive to complain a lot, especially about things that are not important … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
carp — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)p[/t]] carps, carping, carped (carp can also be used as the plural form for meaning 1.) 1) N VAR A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers. 2) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone is carping, you mean that they keep … English dictionary
carp — 1. noun /ˈkɑːp,ˈkɑɹp/ Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio. 2. verb /ˈkɑːp,ˈkɑɹp/ To complain about a fault; to harp on … Wiktionary
carp — [14] and carp ‘criticize’ [13] are distinct words in English. The former comes from medieval Latin carpa, probably via Old French carpe, but the word is probably ultimately of Germanic origin. The verb, which originally simply meant ‘talk’, was a … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins