carpet

noun

/ˈkɑːpɪt/

/ˈkɑːrpɪt/

Idioms

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[countable, uncountable] a piece of thick woven material made of wool, etc., used to cover the floor of a room or stairs; the material used for carpets地毯
- He spent the morning laying the new carpet.他花了一上午铺新地毯。
- a bedroom carpet卧室地毯
- (British English) We have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house.我们家的地上都铺了地毯。
- a roll of carpet一卷地毯
see also carpeting, magic carpet, Persian carpet, red carpet, rugTopics Houses and homesa2
- I'm having the carpets fitted today.我今天要找人来铺地毯。
- The cat curled up on the carpet.猫蜷卧在地毯上。
- The grey vinyl floor gave way to carpet tiles.灰聚乙烯基地面换成了方块地毯。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deep-pile
- lush
- plush
- …
… of carpet
- roll
verb + carpet
- make
- weave
- fit
- …
carpet + noun
- design
- runner
- tile
- …
preposition
- on a/the carpet
[countable] carpet (of something) (literary) a thick layer of something on the ground覆盖地面的一层厚东西
- a carpet of snow一层厚厚的雪
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deep
- thick
- lush
- …
verb + carpet
- form
preposition
- carpet of

词源Middle English (denoting a thick fabric used as a cover for a table or bed): from Old French carpite or medieval Latin carpita, from obsolete Italian carpita ‘woollen counterpane’, based on Latin carpere ‘pluck, pull to pieces’.

Idioms

(be/get called) on the carpet

(informal, especially North American English) called to see somebody in authority because you have done something wrong（因做错事）被上司叫去训斥
- I got called on the carpet for being late.我因为迟到被叫去训了一顿。

sweep something under the carpet

(US English also sweep something under the rug)

to try to stop people from finding out about something wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done掩盖某事
- An earlier report, implicating the government, had been conveniently swept under the carpet.早先一份牵连政府的报告被轻易地掩盖了。

carpet

verb

/ˈkɑːpɪt/

/ˈkɑːrpɪt/

[usually passive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they carpet	/ˈkɑːpɪt/ /ˈkɑːrpɪt/
he / she / it carpets	/ˈkɑːpɪts/ /ˈkɑːrpɪts/
past simple carpeted	/ˈkɑːpɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːrpɪtɪd/
past participle carpeted	/ˈkɑːpɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːrpɪtɪd/
-ing form carpeting	/ˈkɑːpɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːrpɪtɪŋ/

to cover the floor of a room with a carpet用地毯铺（房间）的地板
- be carpeted (in/with something) The hall was carpeted in blue.大厅铺上了蓝色的地毯。
(literary) to cover something with a thick layer of something把…厚厚地覆盖；厚厚地铺上
- be carpeted (with/in something) The forest floor was carpeted with wild flowers.森林的地面上长满了野花。
(informal, British English) to speak angrily to somebody because they have done something wrong训斥；斥责 synonym reprimand
- be carpeted Senior officials were carpeted for leaking information to the press.高级官员因向新闻界泄露信息而受到指责。