rug

Word family

Related topics: Household, House

rug /rʌɡ/ S3 noun [countableC]

DHDHHa piece of thick cloth or wool that covers part of a floor, used for warmth or as a decoration 小地毯 → mat, carpet →4 See picture of 见图 rug

2. British EnglishBrEDHHTRAVEL a large piece of material that you can wrap around yourself, especially when you are travelling 〔尤指旅行用、可裹身的〕大毛毯

3. pull the rug (out) from under somebody/sb’s feet informalREMOVE to suddenly take away something that someone was depending on to achieve what they wanted 突然停止对某人的支持

4. DCa toupée – used humorously 假发〔幽默用法〕

Examples from the Corpus

rug• A comfortable chair, a rug on the deck, and a favorite picture made it my home.• He brought in a rug from New York Carpet World and put it under his desk.• In the living-room, Fara was asleep on a rug beside Chantal's cradle.• a large circular rug• Never place an oriental rug, particularly an expensive one, directly on an uncarpeted floor.• A thick, choking smoke arose but the rug began to burn and she dropped it with a cry.• We went into a living room in which there was old furniture, a worn rug, and a frayed velvet sofa.

Origin rug

(1500-1600) From a Scandinavian language

rug noun

Chinese

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