All the rooms had fitted carpets (=carpets cut to fit the shape of the rooms).
所有的房间都铺了全室地毯。
2a carpet of somethingliteraryCOVER a thicklayer of something on the ground 地上厚厚的一层东西
a carpet of flowers
满地的鲜花
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a carpet of something• Here is also a carpet of two-to three-inch-tall balsamfirs, and similarly-sized red maples.• Below nothing was moving, but there appeared to be a carpet ofdead bodies.• It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet offlowers.• There is a carpet ofsunshine on the floor and bluesky filling the windows.• We were there in Spring and walked on a carpet ofwild flowers.• All these obelisks are dark and sinister, their hulking forms glowering over a carpet of white bones under leaden skies.• The night had strewna carpet of dew-beaded cobwebs across the lawn and mist was rising from the river.
3be/get called on the carpetAmerican EnglishAmE informal to be criticized by someone in authority because you have done something wrong 〔因做错了事〕被上司叫去训斥
He was called on the carpet by his boss to explain his excessive spending.
2BLAME especially British EnglishBrE informal to talk in an angry way to someone because they have done something wrong 斥责,责备,责骂
be carpeted for something
Top officers were carpeted for bullying younger officers.
高级军官因欺负年轻军官而受到斥责。
3literaryCOVER if leaves, flowers etc carpet the ground, they cover it in a thicklayer 〔树叶、花等〕厚厚地铺在〔地上〕
be carpeted with something
The whole garden was carpeted with daffodils.
花园里开满了黄水仙。
nGrammar
Carpet is usually passive.
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carpet• It was clean and quiet, carpeted and air-conditioned, and the students were gathered at six round tables.• Many well known buildings have been carpeted from these looms.• The hall was carpeted in a depressingshade of green.• Middlesex have twice had to carpet Ramprakash this season after astonishingflare-ups and another incident went unpunished.• Leaving by a window on the stairs, I was able to avoid the mud that carpeted the ground floor.• Nowadays you can carpet your whole house and pay nothing for six months.
be carpeted with something• They were carpeted with a faded red and bluerunner held in place with brass stair rods and rings.• The floor of the widevalleywas carpeted with hummocky grass.• Although the outskirts of the forestwere carpeted with pine-needles, Kali led me higher and deeper into the trees.• In spring, the churchyardis carpeted withsnowdrops and primroses.
Origincarpet1
(1300-1400)Old Frenchcarpite, from Old Italiancarpita, from carpire“to pull out”
1material for covering floors地毯ADJECTIVE | ... OF CARPET | VERB + CARPET | CARPET + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤deep-pile, lush, plush, shag, shag-pile, soft, thick長絨的/華麗的/奢華的/粗毛/粗毛長絨/柔軟的/厚實的地毯▸➤stained, threadbare, worn沾有污痕的/磨損的/破舊的地毯▸➤patterned, plain有圖案的/素色地毯➤wool羊毛地毯▸➤woven編織地毯▸➤oriental, Persian東方/波斯地毯▸➤fitted, wall-to-wall按實際尺寸訂做的/鋪滿整個地板的地毯▸➤flying, magic飛毯;魔毯▸➤red (oftenfigurative) 紅地毯◇They rolled out the red carpet for the visitors.他們為客人鋪上紅地毯。◇I didn't expect to get the red-carpet treatment (= be treated like an important person).我並沒期望得到貴賓待遇。... OF CARPET➤roll一捲地毯VERB + CARPET➤make, weave製作地毯;織地毯▸➤fit, install, lay鋪地毯◇I'm having the carpets laid today.我今天要找人來鋪地毯。➤roll back, roll up, take up (especially BrE) 捲起地毯➤clean, vacuum清潔/用吸塵器清掃地毯▸➤beat拍打地毯➤replace更換地毯CARPET + NOUN➤design地毯設計▸➤runner, tile長條/方塊地毯◇The vinyl floor gave way to carpet tiles.乙烯基地面換成了方塊地毯。➤fitter (especially BrE) 地毯裁裝工➤weaver地毯編織工➤industry, manufacturer地毯業;地毯製造商▸➤cleaner, sweeper地毯清潔器/清掃器➤tack地毯釘PREPOSITION➤on a/the carpet在地毯上◇The cat curled up on the carpet.貓蜷卧在地毯上。carpet
noun²
2thick layer of sth that covers the ground地面覆蓋物ADJECTIVE | VERB + CARPET | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤deep, thick厚厚的地面覆蓋物➤lush, soft繁茂的/柔軟的地面覆蓋物VERB + CARPET➤form形成地面覆蓋物◇The leaves formed a carpet under the trees.樹下有一層厚厚的落葉。PREPOSITION➤carpet of⋯覆蓋物◇a deep carpet of snow厚厚的一層積雪