| 单词 | to beat a carpet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat a carpet 25. To strike so as to cause appendages to come off. to beat a carpet, so as to rid it of dust. to beat a tree, so as to cause its fruit to fall. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [verb (intransitive)] > gather fruit to beat a tree1611 vindemiate1664 apple1799 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning other miscellaneous things > clean other miscellaneous things [verb (intransitive)] > clean carpet by beating to beat a carpet1872 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxiv. 20 When thou beatest thine olive trees, thou shalt not go over the boughs again. View more context for this quotation 1872 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera II. 16 From a distance it sounds just like beating carpets. < as lemmas |
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