| 单词 | carpetbag |
| 释义 | carpetbag (once / 47852 pages) 1n 2adj WORD FAMILY carpetbag: carpetbags USAGE EXAMPLESJohn F. Kennedy said in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Profiles in Courage,” “No state suffered more from carpetbag rule than Mississippi.” Washington Post(Jan 21, 2016) His brown hair was combed neatly against his head, and a carpetbag hung from his right hand. Katherine Paterson, Lyddie(1991) In keeping with the hunger for national reconciliation, early-20th-century scholars depicted Reconstruction as a time of corrupt “carpetbag rule.” New York Times(Aug 24, 2015) 1 n traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century 2Hyper bag, grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes 1adj presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality a carpetbag stranger Syn carpetbagging expedient serving to promote your interest 2adj following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers carpetbag adventurers a carpetbag government |
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