carpet

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɑː.pɪt/    美 /ˈkɑɹ.pət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fabric used as a complete floor covering. countable,uncountable
    — A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
  2. Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — the grassy carpet of this plain
  3. Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae countable,uncountable
  4. A wrought cover for tables. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets.
  5. A woman's pubic hair. countable,slang,uncountable,vulgar
动词 v.
  1. To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
    — After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.
  2. To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something. transitive
    — Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.
  3. To reprimand. UK
    — Even Colonel Yakov, so recently carpeted by St Petersburg, was reported to be back in the Pamirs.

词形变化

carpets plural carpets present,singular,third-person carpeting participle,present carpeted participle,past carpeted past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Old Armenian կապերտ (kapert)
Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet)bor.
Medieval Latin carpitader.
Old French carpitebor.
Middle English carpette
English carpet
From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Old Armenian կապերտ (kapert)
Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet)bor.
Medieval Latin carpitader.
Old French carpitebor.
Middle English carpette
English carpet
From late Middle English carpette, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita, introduced in the 13th century by the Florentines from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, “carpet, rug”), earlier կապերտ (kapert).
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