| 单词 | carpet |
| 释义 | carpet —carpetless, adj. —carpetlike, adj. /kahr"pit/, n. 1. a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors. 2. a covering of this material. 3. any relatively soft surface or covering like a carpet: They walked on the carpet of grass. 4. on the carpet, a. before an authority or superior for an accounting of one's actions or a reprimand: He was called on the carpet again for his carelessness. b. Chiefly Brit. under consideration or discussion. 5. any of a number of airborne electronic devices for jamming radar. 6. a system of such devices. v.t. 7. to cover or furnish with or as with a carpet. 8. Chiefly Brit. to reprimand. [1300-50; ME carpete cloth covering for a table, floor, bed, etc. < MF carpite or ML carpita < It carpita woolen bedspread < VL *carpita, ptp. of carpire, for L carpere to pluck, card (wool)] |
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