Definition of rug in English:

rug

noun rʌɡrəɡ

1A floor covering of thick woven material or animal skin, typically not extending over the entire floor.
an oriental rug
Charles and Elaine were sitting on the rug in front of the fire
Example sentencesExamples
- Though it had tried, the company had not succeeded in establishing its rugs as year-round floor coverings.
- Iran's handwoven carpets and rugs are made of either silk or wool, and use special knots dating from the Middle Ages.
- You can choose from an array of carpets, rugs, hardwoods, laminates, ceramic tile and even home products including pillows, wall hangings and throws.
- The rug on the floor was dim and brown, so worn that it crunched underfoot.
- It used to be an old distribution business of imported carpet and rugs.
- A giant mauve rug that covered the entire floor cushioned her feet.
- While wooden floorboards have become the flooring of choice for many Irish homemakers, carpets and rugs have seen their fortunes decline.
- The Turks have a history of empire and the country is a place of bazaars, rugs and carpets, strong coffee and many other delights.
- A large, Indian rug covered the floor and there were portable lights in the corners as well.
- Furniture, televisions, other electrical appliances, carpets and rugs often contain chemicals that are stain repellent or fire retardant.
- This mood is furthered by the wooden hope chest, the old-fashioned furniture, and the floral print rug on the floor.
- Woven rugs covered the hardwood floor, the many rooms visible on their course quite large and possessing great amounts of valuables.
- Most homes made before 1970 had hardwood floors and even though your house now has carpet there may be a beautiful hardwood floor hiding under your rug!
- The hallways were lined here and there with mirrors, and the creaky wooden floors had an old rug with archaic symbols winding with it, down the halls.
- The entire floor was covered by a huge rug woven in complex geometric patterns and curtains partitioned off other areas of the chambers.
- The room was very well furnished, with expensive paintings on the walls and rugs on the floors.
- The company began to sell carpets and rugs direct to customers in the area from its factory shop after it rose from the ashes, and this aspect of the business has become just as important as the commercial side.
- Carpet and rugs can be purchased with special fibers or treatments built into them which will eliminate the static electricity problem.
- Sure it had it's elegant aspects, like polished oak tables and cabinets, and fine material for the rugs and curtains, but the room was dull, and boring.
- Kurtas, short kurtas, cushion covers, bags, bedspreads, rugs, carpets and a whole lot of other items would be on display at the expo.
- Sarajevo and Mostar are well known for the wool rugs and carpets their artisans produce.
- Antique carpets and rugs are mostly imported from China, Persia, India, Afghanistan, Caucasus and Turkey.
- There were other doors, bulky and overstuffed-looking pieces of furniture, woven rugs on the floor and paintings on the walls.
- The floor was devoid of rugs, and all that adorned the walls were several large maps.
- Several large chandeliers hung down from the ceiling and traveled down the hall over a long, old hall rug that ran the entire length of the foyer.
- Today's carpets and rugs come in a wide range of options, from rich cut piles and patterned berbers to fabric-inspired braids, that work well with today's favorite looks.
- Traffic was kept away and an array of colourful stalls filled the street, selling items as varied as rugs and carpets, clothes, herbal drinks and antique jewellery.
- Decorations covered the walls and rugs overlaid the floor.
- Always place portable heaters on a level, hard, nonflammable surface - not on carpets or rugs.
- Vacuum and dust regularly and avoid rugs and wall-to-wall carpeting, especially in your child's room.
- It is very important to dry rugs and carpets as soon as possible to prevent mildew, a spreading gray-white mold that stains and rots fabrics.
- Meanwhile, the oversized treatment rooms have natural hardwood floors, matting rugs, walls and window coverings and Asian art.
- On the ground was a rug that covered the entire floor.
- Stripped wood is still very much the in-thing for floors, along with natural seagrass or coir rugs and floor coverings.
- Tidy away any excess of coats and shoes lying around to make the hall look instantly bigger, and brighten a well-worn carpet with cheap rugs.
- Woven rugs often cover the floors of Uzbek houses.
- The living and work environments should be assessed to remove safety hazards such as loose rugs and carpets, poor lighting, and obstacles.
- Allowing carpets and rugs to become excessively soiled will make cleaning more difficult and will shorten their useful life.
- A goatskin rug covers the carpet in front of a brass fireplace with marble surround and wooden mantelpiece.
- A photo also showed that woven rugs, won after two hours of bargaining in a Moroccan souk, would perfectly fit the couple's rooms.
Synonyms
mat, carpet
North American floorcloth
1. 1.1British A thick woollen coverlet or wrap, used especially when travelling.
  〈主英〉（尤指旅行时用的）盖膝毯，盖毯
  Example sentencesExamples
  In total the club, which includes about six other members, have crocheted about 56 blankets ranging from knee rugs to baby blankets.
  On a fine night the gardens are magical, dotted with folding chairs, tartan rugs and carefully chosen food that won't cause unwanted sound later.
  When he was lowered to the ground, his box was tipped on its side to enable an emotional Blaine to stagger out wrapped in a rug.
  But stoics take rugs, umbrellas, thick coats and bracing amounts of booze.
  During the summer months, the light lasts well into the evening while passengers sit on deck, wrapped in rugs, marvelling at the beauty of the glaciers.
  Drafted in 1963, it presently remains in law that gramophones, travelling rugs, and typewriters are our most at-risk goods.
  Synonyms
  blanket, coverlet, throw, wrap
  travelling rug
  North American lap robe, steamer rug
2. 1.2 A shaped garment worn by horses for protection or warmth.
  （马的）披毯，裹毯
  Example sentencesExamples
  Racing enthusiasts are sure to enjoy the display of trophies, photographs, horse rugs, silks and other memorabilia from the area's top trainers and most famous racehorses.
  The horses wore leather rugs to protect their coats and keep them warm, but a string on one had come loose and was trailing in the mud.
  In January a number of bridles, saddles, show jackets and rugs were found in a mobile home in Barnfield Park.
  Mr Petit, who travels around the country showing horses with his family, has suffered at the hands of thieves who have stolen a lorry, horsebox, horse rugs and saddles and even horse feed.
  Amber and Pippa put their rugs on and put the two horses back in their stables.
  At the event owners were advised to get freeze-marked rugs in fluorescent lettering so a horse can be seen in the dark and post coded saddles to aid recovery if stolen.
  A £1,000 horse trailer, horse jumps, eight horse rugs and a generator were also destroyed.
  He described the job of putting on a horse rug as ‘like putting your shoes on in a morning’.
  The head girl at the stables, Jane Bedford, said she was in a field where four mature racehorses were wintering, and each was wearing an all-weather rug.
  Thieves broke into the Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society in Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, and took 300 horse rugs, which had been put away last spring for the oncoming winter months.
3. 1.3North American informal A toupee or wig.
  〈非正式，主北美〉遮秃假发；假发
  men who shave their heads or wear rugs
  Example sentencesExamples
  I was actually disappointed that his tresses were not the result of a bad rug.
  The bad rug worn by Douglas is worth a good laugh.
  One in 10 is tempted to conceal her wayward tresses under a rug when it becomes frizzy, dry, dull or takes on a life of its own.
  I hereby sentence the actors to get a haircut so they won't need to wear the bad rugs.
  A man wearing a blue sports coat and a rug on his head moved up to the standing mike.
  Don't they realize every person knows immediately they have implants, same way you can always tell a guy who's wearing a rug?
  Synonyms
  toupee, wig, hairpiece
  rare merkin

Phrases

pull the rug (out) from under

Abruptly withdraw support from (someone)
突然撤销对某人的支持，突然停止支持某人；拆某人的台
the debts of major companies are too large for the banks to pull the rug
Example sentencesExamples
- You lull the audience into a false sense of security, make them sympathise with the character, then pull the rug from under them.
- This really pulls the rug out from under the right's tax-cut argument as well.
- But yesterday he effectively pulled the rug from under them by introducing 19 per cent corporation tax levy on those profits.
- More importantly, though, Russell's narrative pulls the rug from under us, changing our perceptions of all three characters.
- But two late goals in as many minutes, the first from a harshly awarded penalty, pulled the rug from under them.
- It's a play about a woman who thinks she has all these skills and all this enormous power and talent, and confronts something that pulls the rug out from under her.
- The fear that others may pull the rug from under us, leaving us helpless, is rooted in the idea that we are so profoundly vulnerable that we dare not put our energy security at risk by engaging with other countries.
- Just as the wily CIA chief constantly springs surprises on his willing student, so the film keeps pulling the rug from under the viewer.
- In both countries, it was the external patron whom the local regimes had relied on for protection that pulled the rug from under them.
- This pulled the rug from under Noonan's plans to occupy the high moral ground.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting a type of coarse woollen cloth): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian dialect rugga 'coverlet', Swedish rugg 'ruffled hair'; related to rag¹. The sense 'small carpet' dates from the early 19th century.

red from Old English:
An Old English word which shares an ancient root with Latin rufus, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’. The colour red has traditionally been associated with radical political views, and from the 19th century particularly Communists. During the Cold War, when Americans feared reds under the bed or Communist sympathizers, the expression better dead than red was used to mean that the prospect of nuclear annihilation was preferable to that of a Communist society. The slogan was reversed by nuclear disarmament campaigners of the late 1950s as ‘better red than dead’. Something involving savage or merciless competition might be described as red in tooth and claw. The phrase came from Lord Tennyson's poem ‘In Memoriam’ (1854): ‘Nature, red in tooth and claw’. In Church calendars a saint's day or Church festival was distinguished by being written in red letters. This gives us a red letter day (early 18th century) for a pleasantly memorable, fortunate, or happy day. A less cheering use of red ink was customarily made to enter debit items and balances in accounts —which gives us in the red (early 20th century) to mean in debt or overdrawn.
The colour red is supposed to provoke a bull, and is the colour of the cape used by matadors in bullfighting. From this we say that something will be like a red rag to a bull (late 19th century). A red herring is something, especially a clue, which misleads or distracts you. Red herrings have been around since the 15th century and got their colour from being heavily smoked to preserve them. The pungent scent was formerly used to lay a trail when training hounds to follow a scent. The red light district of a town is one with a lot of businesses concerned with sex. The phrase is from the red light traditionally used as the sign of a brothel. See also paint. People have been complaining about red tape, or excessive bureaucracy, since the 1730s. Real red or pinkish-red tape is used to bind together legal and official documents. Americans sometimes talk of not having a red cent to their name. Red got attached to the cent in the mid 19th century and refers to the colour of the copper used to make the one cent coin. Ruddy is from Old English rud, a variant form of ‘red’. The word's use as a euphemism for bloody dates from the early 20th century.

Rhymes

bug, chug, Doug, drug, dug, fug, glug, hug, jug, lug, mug, plug, pug, shrug, slug, smug, snug, thug, trug, tug

Definition of rug in US English:

rug

nounrəɡrəɡ

1A floor covering of thick woven material or animal skin, typically not extending over the entire floor.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is very important to dry rugs and carpets as soon as possible to prevent mildew, a spreading gray-white mold that stains and rots fabrics.
- The entire floor was covered by a huge rug woven in complex geometric patterns and curtains partitioned off other areas of the chambers.
- Sure it had it's elegant aspects, like polished oak tables and cabinets, and fine material for the rugs and curtains, but the room was dull, and boring.
- This mood is furthered by the wooden hope chest, the old-fashioned furniture, and the floral print rug on the floor.
- The rug on the floor was dim and brown, so worn that it crunched underfoot.
- Meanwhile, the oversized treatment rooms have natural hardwood floors, matting rugs, walls and window coverings and Asian art.
- There were other doors, bulky and overstuffed-looking pieces of furniture, woven rugs on the floor and paintings on the walls.
- The living and work environments should be assessed to remove safety hazards such as loose rugs and carpets, poor lighting, and obstacles.
- Carpet and rugs can be purchased with special fibers or treatments built into them which will eliminate the static electricity problem.
- Sarajevo and Mostar are well known for the wool rugs and carpets their artisans produce.
- Furniture, televisions, other electrical appliances, carpets and rugs often contain chemicals that are stain repellent or fire retardant.
- Iran's handwoven carpets and rugs are made of either silk or wool, and use special knots dating from the Middle Ages.
- Vacuum and dust regularly and avoid rugs and wall-to-wall carpeting, especially in your child's room.
- On the ground was a rug that covered the entire floor.
- The Turks have a history of empire and the country is a place of bazaars, rugs and carpets, strong coffee and many other delights.
- Several large chandeliers hung down from the ceiling and traveled down the hall over a long, old hall rug that ran the entire length of the foyer.
- While wooden floorboards have become the flooring of choice for many Irish homemakers, carpets and rugs have seen their fortunes decline.
- The room was very well furnished, with expensive paintings on the walls and rugs on the floors.
- Tidy away any excess of coats and shoes lying around to make the hall look instantly bigger, and brighten a well-worn carpet with cheap rugs.
- Though it had tried, the company had not succeeded in establishing its rugs as year-round floor coverings.
- Woven rugs often cover the floors of Uzbek houses.
- Always place portable heaters on a level, hard, nonflammable surface - not on carpets or rugs.
- Kurtas, short kurtas, cushion covers, bags, bedspreads, rugs, carpets and a whole lot of other items would be on display at the expo.
- Antique carpets and rugs are mostly imported from China, Persia, India, Afghanistan, Caucasus and Turkey.
- The company began to sell carpets and rugs direct to customers in the area from its factory shop after it rose from the ashes, and this aspect of the business has become just as important as the commercial side.
- A goatskin rug covers the carpet in front of a brass fireplace with marble surround and wooden mantelpiece.
- The hallways were lined here and there with mirrors, and the creaky wooden floors had an old rug with archaic symbols winding with it, down the halls.
- A large, Indian rug covered the floor and there were portable lights in the corners as well.
- Traffic was kept away and an array of colourful stalls filled the street, selling items as varied as rugs and carpets, clothes, herbal drinks and antique jewellery.
- It used to be an old distribution business of imported carpet and rugs.
- Allowing carpets and rugs to become excessively soiled will make cleaning more difficult and will shorten their useful life.
- Woven rugs covered the hardwood floor, the many rooms visible on their course quite large and possessing great amounts of valuables.
- You can choose from an array of carpets, rugs, hardwoods, laminates, ceramic tile and even home products including pillows, wall hangings and throws.
- A giant mauve rug that covered the entire floor cushioned her feet.
- Most homes made before 1970 had hardwood floors and even though your house now has carpet there may be a beautiful hardwood floor hiding under your rug!
- Decorations covered the walls and rugs overlaid the floor.
- Stripped wood is still very much the in-thing for floors, along with natural seagrass or coir rugs and floor coverings.
- The floor was devoid of rugs, and all that adorned the walls were several large maps.
- Today's carpets and rugs come in a wide range of options, from rich cut piles and patterned berbers to fabric-inspired braids, that work well with today's favorite looks.
- A photo also showed that woven rugs, won after two hours of bargaining in a Moroccan souk, would perfectly fit the couple's rooms.
Synonyms
mat, carpet
1. 1.1British A thick woolen coverlet or wrap, used especially when traveling.
  〈主英〉（尤指旅行时用的）盖膝毯，盖毯
  Example sentencesExamples
  Drafted in 1963, it presently remains in law that gramophones, travelling rugs, and typewriters are our most at-risk goods.
  When he was lowered to the ground, his box was tipped on its side to enable an emotional Blaine to stagger out wrapped in a rug.
  During the summer months, the light lasts well into the evening while passengers sit on deck, wrapped in rugs, marvelling at the beauty of the glaciers.
  But stoics take rugs, umbrellas, thick coats and bracing amounts of booze.
  In total the club, which includes about six other members, have crocheted about 56 blankets ranging from knee rugs to baby blankets.
  On a fine night the gardens are magical, dotted with folding chairs, tartan rugs and carefully chosen food that won't cause unwanted sound later.
  Synonyms
  blanket, coverlet, throw, wrap
2. 1.2North American informal A toupee or wig.
  〈非正式，主北美〉遮秃假发；假发
  Example sentencesExamples
  I hereby sentence the actors to get a haircut so they won't need to wear the bad rugs.
  A man wearing a blue sports coat and a rug on his head moved up to the standing mike.
  I was actually disappointed that his tresses were not the result of a bad rug.
  Don't they realize every person knows immediately they have implants, same way you can always tell a guy who's wearing a rug?
  One in 10 is tempted to conceal her wayward tresses under a rug when it becomes frizzy, dry, dull or takes on a life of its own.
  The bad rug worn by Douglas is worth a good laugh.
  Synonyms
  toupee, wig, hairpiece

Phrases

pull the rug (out) from under

Abruptly withdraw support from (someone)
突然撤销对某人的支持，突然停止支持某人；拆某人的台
the rug was pulled right out from beneath our feet
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a play about a woman who thinks she has all these skills and all this enormous power and talent, and confronts something that pulls the rug out from under her.
- The fear that others may pull the rug from under us, leaving us helpless, is rooted in the idea that we are so profoundly vulnerable that we dare not put our energy security at risk by engaging with other countries.
- This really pulls the rug out from under the right's tax-cut argument as well.
- This pulled the rug from under Noonan's plans to occupy the high moral ground.
- Just as the wily CIA chief constantly springs surprises on his willing student, so the film keeps pulling the rug from under the viewer.
- In both countries, it was the external patron whom the local regimes had relied on for protection that pulled the rug from under them.
- But yesterday he effectively pulled the rug from under them by introducing 19 per cent corporation tax levy on those profits.
- More importantly, though, Russell's narrative pulls the rug from under us, changing our perceptions of all three characters.
- You lull the audience into a false sense of security, make them sympathise with the character, then pull the rug from under them.
- But two late goals in as many minutes, the first from a harshly awarded penalty, pulled the rug from under them.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting a type of coarse woolen cloth): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian dialect rugga ‘coverlet’, Swedish rugg ‘ruffled hair’; related to rag. The sense ‘small carpet’ dates from the early 19th century.

单词	rug
释义	Definition of rug in English: rug noun rʌɡrəɡ 1A floor covering of thick woven material or animal skin, typically not extending over the entire floor. an oriental rug Charles and Elaine were sitting on the rug in front of the fire Example sentencesExamples Though it had tried, the company had not succeeded in establishing its rugs as year-round floor coverings. Iran's handwoven carpets and rugs are made of either silk or wool, and use special knots dating from the Middle Ages. You can choose from an array of carpets, rugs, hardwoods, laminates, ceramic tile and even home products including pillows, wall hangings and throws. The rug on the floor was dim and brown, so worn that it crunched underfoot. It used to be an old distribution business of imported carpet and rugs. A giant mauve rug that covered the entire floor cushioned her feet. While wooden floorboards have become the flooring of choice for many Irish homemakers, carpets and rugs have seen their fortunes decline. The Turks have a history of empire and the country is a place of bazaars, rugs and carpets, strong coffee and many other delights. A large, Indian rug covered the floor and there were portable lights in the corners as well. Furniture, televisions, other electrical appliances, carpets and rugs often contain chemicals that are stain repellent or fire retardant. This mood is furthered by the wooden hope chest, the old-fashioned furniture, and the floral print rug on the floor. Woven rugs covered the hardwood floor, the many rooms visible on their course quite large and possessing great amounts of valuables. Most homes made before 1970 had hardwood floors and even though your house now has carpet there may be a beautiful hardwood floor hiding under your rug! The hallways were lined here and there with mirrors, and the creaky wooden floors had an old rug with archaic symbols winding with it, down the halls. The entire floor was covered by a huge rug woven in complex geometric patterns and curtains partitioned off other areas of the chambers. The room was very well furnished, with expensive paintings on the walls and rugs on the floors. The company began to sell carpets and rugs direct to customers in the area from its factory shop after it rose from the ashes, and this aspect of the business has become just as important as the commercial side. Carpet and rugs can be purchased with special fibers or treatments built into them which will eliminate the static electricity problem. Sure it had it's elegant aspects, like polished oak tables and cabinets, and fine material for the rugs and curtains, but the room was dull, and boring. Kurtas, short kurtas, cushion covers, bags, bedspreads, rugs, carpets and a whole lot of other items would be on display at the expo. Sarajevo and Mostar are well known for the wool rugs and carpets their artisans produce. Antique carpets and rugs are mostly imported from China, Persia, India, Afghanistan, Caucasus and Turkey. There were other doors, bulky and overstuffed-looking pieces of furniture, woven rugs on the floor and paintings on the walls. The floor was devoid of rugs, and all that adorned the walls were several large maps. Several large chandeliers hung down from the ceiling and traveled down the hall over a long, old hall rug that ran the entire length of the foyer. Today's carpets and rugs come in a wide range of options, from rich cut piles and patterned berbers to fabric-inspired braids, that work well with today's favorite looks. Traffic was kept away and an array of colourful stalls filled the street, selling items as varied as rugs and carpets, clothes, herbal drinks and antique jewellery. Decorations covered the walls and rugs overlaid the floor. Always place portable heaters on a level, hard, nonflammable surface - not on carpets or rugs. Vacuum and dust regularly and avoid rugs and wall-to-wall carpeting, especially in your child's room. It is very important to dry rugs and carpets as soon as possible to prevent mildew, a spreading gray-white mold that stains and rots fabrics. Meanwhile, the oversized treatment rooms have natural hardwood floors, matting rugs, walls and window coverings and Asian art. On the ground was a rug that covered the entire floor. Stripped wood is still very much the in-thing for floors, along with natural seagrass or coir rugs and floor coverings. Tidy away any excess of coats and shoes lying around to make the hall look instantly bigger, and brighten a well-worn carpet with cheap rugs. Woven rugs often cover the floors of Uzbek houses. The living and work environments should be assessed to remove safety hazards such as loose rugs and carpets, poor lighting, and obstacles. Allowing carpets and rugs to become excessively soiled will make cleaning more difficult and will shorten their useful life. A goatskin rug covers the carpet in front of a brass fireplace with marble surround and wooden mantelpiece. A photo also showed that woven rugs, won after two hours of bargaining in a Moroccan souk, would perfectly fit the couple's rooms. Synonyms mat, carpet North American floorcloth 1.1British A thick woollen coverlet or wrap, used especially when travelling. 〈主英〉（尤指旅行时用的）盖膝毯，盖毯 Example sentencesExamples In total the club, which includes about six other members, have crocheted about 56 blankets ranging from knee rugs to baby blankets. On a fine night the gardens are magical, dotted with folding chairs, tartan rugs and carefully chosen food that won't cause unwanted sound later. When he was lowered to the ground, his box was tipped on its side to enable an emotional Blaine to stagger out wrapped in a rug. But stoics take rugs, umbrellas, thick coats and bracing amounts of booze. During the summer months, the light lasts well into the evening while passengers sit on deck, wrapped in rugs, marvelling at the beauty of the glaciers. Drafted in 1963, it presently remains in law that gramophones, travelling rugs, and typewriters are our most at-risk goods. Synonyms blanket, coverlet, throw, wrap travelling rug North American lap robe, steamer rug 1.2 A shaped garment worn by horses for protection or warmth. （马的）披毯，裹毯 Example sentencesExamples Racing enthusiasts are sure to enjoy the display of trophies, photographs, horse rugs, silks and other memorabilia from the area's top trainers and most famous racehorses. The horses wore leather rugs to protect their coats and keep them warm, but a string on one had come loose and was trailing in the mud. In January a number of bridles, saddles, show jackets and rugs were found in a mobile home in Barnfield Park. Mr Petit, who travels around the country showing horses with his family, has suffered at the hands of thieves who have stolen a lorry, horsebox, horse rugs and saddles and even horse feed. Amber and Pippa put their rugs on and put the two horses back in their stables. At the event owners were advised to get freeze-marked rugs in fluorescent lettering so a horse can be seen in the dark and post coded saddles to aid recovery if stolen. A £1,000 horse trailer, horse jumps, eight horse rugs and a generator were also destroyed. He described the job of putting on a horse rug as ‘like putting your shoes on in a morning’. The head girl at the stables, Jane Bedford, said she was in a field where four mature racehorses were wintering, and each was wearing an all-weather rug. Thieves broke into the Essex Horse and Pony Protection Society in Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, and took 300 horse rugs, which had been put away last spring for the oncoming winter months. 1.3North American informal A toupee or wig. 〈非正式，主北美〉遮秃假发；假发 men who shave their heads or wear rugs Example sentencesExamples I was actually disappointed that his tresses were not the result of a bad rug. The bad rug worn by Douglas is worth a good laugh. One in 10 is tempted to conceal her wayward tresses under a rug when it becomes frizzy, dry, dull or takes on a life of its own. I hereby sentence the actors to get a haircut so they won't need to wear the bad rugs. A man wearing a blue sports coat and a rug on his head moved up to the standing mike. Don't they realize every person knows immediately they have implants, same way you can always tell a guy who's wearing a rug? Synonyms toupee, wig, hairpiece rare merkin Phrases pull the rug (out) from under Abruptly withdraw support from (someone) 突然撤销对某人的支持，突然停止支持某人；拆某人的台 the debts of major companies are too large for the banks to pull the rug Example sentencesExamples You lull the audience into a false sense of security, make them sympathise with the character, then pull the rug from under them. This really pulls the rug out from under the right's tax-cut argument as well. But yesterday he effectively pulled the rug from under them by introducing 19 per cent corporation tax levy on those profits. More importantly, though, Russell's narrative pulls the rug from under us, changing our perceptions of all three characters. But two late goals in as many minutes, the first from a harshly awarded penalty, pulled the rug from under them. It's a play about a woman who thinks she has all these skills and all this enormous power and talent, and confronts something that pulls the rug out from under her. The fear that others may pull the rug from under us, leaving us helpless, is rooted in the idea that we are so profoundly vulnerable that we dare not put our energy security at risk by engaging with other countries. Just as the wily CIA chief constantly springs surprises on his willing student, so the film keeps pulling the rug from under the viewer. In both countries, it was the external patron whom the local regimes had relied on for protection that pulled the rug from under them. This pulled the rug from under Noonan's plans to occupy the high moral ground. Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a type of coarse woollen cloth): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian dialect rugga 'coverlet', Swedish rugg 'ruffled hair'; related to rag¹. The sense 'small carpet' dates from the early 19th century. red from Old English: An Old English word which shares an ancient root with Latin rufus, Greek eruthros, and Sanskrit rudhira ‘red’. The colour red has traditionally been associated with radical political views, and from the 19th century particularly Communists. During the Cold War, when Americans feared reds under the bed or Communist sympathizers, the expression better dead than red was used to mean that the prospect of nuclear annihilation was preferable to that of a Communist society. The slogan was reversed by nuclear disarmament campaigners of the late 1950s as ‘better red than dead’. Something involving savage or merciless competition might be described as red in tooth and claw. The phrase came from Lord Tennyson's poem ‘In Memoriam’ (1854): ‘Nature, red in tooth and claw’. In Church calendars a saint's day or Church festival was distinguished by being written in red letters. This gives us a red letter day (early 18th century) for a pleasantly memorable, fortunate, or happy day. A less cheering use of red ink was customarily made to enter debit items and balances in accounts —which gives us in the red (early 20th century) to mean in debt or overdrawn. The colour red is supposed to provoke a bull, and is the colour of the cape used by matadors in bullfighting. From this we say that something will be like a red rag to a bull (late 19th century). A red herring is something, especially a clue, which misleads or distracts you. Red herrings have been around since the 15th century and got their colour from being heavily smoked to preserve them. The pungent scent was formerly used to lay a trail when training hounds to follow a scent. The red light district of a town is one with a lot of businesses concerned with sex. The phrase is from the red light traditionally used as the sign of a brothel. See also paint. People have been complaining about red tape, or excessive bureaucracy, since the 1730s. Real red or pinkish-red tape is used to bind together legal and official documents. Americans sometimes talk of not having a red cent to their name. Red got attached to the cent in the mid 19th century and refers to the colour of the copper used to make the one cent coin. Ruddy is from Old English rud, a variant form of ‘red’. The word's use as a euphemism for bloody dates from the early 20th century. Rhymes bug, chug, Doug, drug, dug, fug, glug, hug, jug, lug, mug, plug, pug, shrug, slug, smug, snug, thug, trug, tug noun.1 phr. Definition of rug in US English: rug nounrəɡrəɡ 1A floor covering of thick woven material or animal skin, typically not extending over the entire floor. Example sentencesExamples It is very important to dry rugs and carpets as soon as possible to prevent mildew, a spreading gray-white mold that stains and rots fabrics. The entire floor was covered by a huge rug woven in complex geometric patterns and curtains partitioned off other areas of the chambers. Sure it had it's elegant aspects, like polished oak tables and cabinets, and fine material for the rugs and curtains, but the room was dull, and boring. This mood is furthered by the wooden hope chest, the old-fashioned furniture, and the floral print rug on the floor. The rug on the floor was dim and brown, so worn that it crunched underfoot. Meanwhile, the oversized treatment rooms have natural hardwood floors, matting rugs, walls and window coverings and Asian art. There were other doors, bulky and overstuffed-looking pieces of furniture, woven rugs on the floor and paintings on the walls. The living and work environments should be assessed to remove safety hazards such as loose rugs and carpets, poor lighting, and obstacles. Carpet and rugs can be purchased with special fibers or treatments built into them which will eliminate the static electricity problem. Sarajevo and Mostar are well known for the wool rugs and carpets their artisans produce. Furniture, televisions, other electrical appliances, carpets and rugs often contain chemicals that are stain repellent or fire retardant. Iran's handwoven carpets and rugs are made of either silk or wool, and use special knots dating from the Middle Ages. Vacuum and dust regularly and avoid rugs and wall-to-wall carpeting, especially in your child's room. On the ground was a rug that covered the entire floor. The Turks have a history of empire and the country is a place of bazaars, rugs and carpets, strong coffee and many other delights. Several large chandeliers hung down from the ceiling and traveled down the hall over a long, old hall rug that ran the entire length of the foyer. While wooden floorboards have become the flooring of choice for many Irish homemakers, carpets and rugs have seen their fortunes decline. The room was very well furnished, with expensive paintings on the walls and rugs on the floors. Tidy away any excess of coats and shoes lying around to make the hall look instantly bigger, and brighten a well-worn carpet with cheap rugs. Though it had tried, the company had not succeeded in establishing its rugs as year-round floor coverings. Woven rugs often cover the floors of Uzbek houses. Always place portable heaters on a level, hard, nonflammable surface - not on carpets or rugs. Kurtas, short kurtas, cushion covers, bags, bedspreads, rugs, carpets and a whole lot of other items would be on display at the expo. Antique carpets and rugs are mostly imported from China, Persia, India, Afghanistan, Caucasus and Turkey. The company began to sell carpets and rugs direct to customers in the area from its factory shop after it rose from the ashes, and this aspect of the business has become just as important as the commercial side. A goatskin rug covers the carpet in front of a brass fireplace with marble surround and wooden mantelpiece. The hallways were lined here and there with mirrors, and the creaky wooden floors had an old rug with archaic symbols winding with it, down the halls. A large, Indian rug covered the floor and there were portable lights in the corners as well. Traffic was kept away and an array of colourful stalls filled the street, selling items as varied as rugs and carpets, clothes, herbal drinks and antique jewellery. It used to be an old distribution business of imported carpet and rugs. Allowing carpets and rugs to become excessively soiled will make cleaning more difficult and will shorten their useful life. Woven rugs covered the hardwood floor, the many rooms visible on their course quite large and possessing great amounts of valuables. You can choose from an array of carpets, rugs, hardwoods, laminates, ceramic tile and even home products including pillows, wall hangings and throws. A giant mauve rug that covered the entire floor cushioned her feet. Most homes made before 1970 had hardwood floors and even though your house now has carpet there may be a beautiful hardwood floor hiding under your rug! Decorations covered the walls and rugs overlaid the floor. Stripped wood is still very much the in-thing for floors, along with natural seagrass or coir rugs and floor coverings. The floor was devoid of rugs, and all that adorned the walls were several large maps. Today's carpets and rugs come in a wide range of options, from rich cut piles and patterned berbers to fabric-inspired braids, that work well with today's favorite looks. A photo also showed that woven rugs, won after two hours of bargaining in a Moroccan souk, would perfectly fit the couple's rooms. Synonyms mat, carpet 1.1British A thick woolen coverlet or wrap, used especially when traveling. 〈主英〉（尤指旅行时用的）盖膝毯，盖毯 Example sentencesExamples Drafted in 1963, it presently remains in law that gramophones, travelling rugs, and typewriters are our most at-risk goods. When he was lowered to the ground, his box was tipped on its side to enable an emotional Blaine to stagger out wrapped in a rug. During the summer months, the light lasts well into the evening while passengers sit on deck, wrapped in rugs, marvelling at the beauty of the glaciers. But stoics take rugs, umbrellas, thick coats and bracing amounts of booze. In total the club, which includes about six other members, have crocheted about 56 blankets ranging from knee rugs to baby blankets. On a fine night the gardens are magical, dotted with folding chairs, tartan rugs and carefully chosen food that won't cause unwanted sound later. Synonyms blanket, coverlet, throw, wrap 1.2North American informal A toupee or wig. 〈非正式，主北美〉遮秃假发；假发 Example sentencesExamples I hereby sentence the actors to get a haircut so they won't need to wear the bad rugs. A man wearing a blue sports coat and a rug on his head moved up to the standing mike. I was actually disappointed that his tresses were not the result of a bad rug. Don't they realize every person knows immediately they have implants, same way you can always tell a guy who's wearing a rug? One in 10 is tempted to conceal her wayward tresses under a rug when it becomes frizzy, dry, dull or takes on a life of its own. The bad rug worn by Douglas is worth a good laugh. Synonyms toupee, wig, hairpiece Phrases pull the rug (out) from under Abruptly withdraw support from (someone) 突然撤销对某人的支持，突然停止支持某人；拆某人的台 the rug was pulled right out from beneath our feet Example sentencesExamples It's a play about a woman who thinks she has all these skills and all this enormous power and talent, and confronts something that pulls the rug out from under her. The fear that others may pull the rug from under us, leaving us helpless, is rooted in the idea that we are so profoundly vulnerable that we dare not put our energy security at risk by engaging with other countries. This really pulls the rug out from under the right's tax-cut argument as well. This pulled the rug from under Noonan's plans to occupy the high moral ground. Just as the wily CIA chief constantly springs surprises on his willing student, so the film keeps pulling the rug from under the viewer. In both countries, it was the external patron whom the local regimes had relied on for protection that pulled the rug from under them. But yesterday he effectively pulled the rug from under them by introducing 19 per cent corporation tax levy on those profits. More importantly, though, Russell's narrative pulls the rug from under us, changing our perceptions of all three characters. You lull the audience into a false sense of security, make them sympathise with the character, then pull the rug from under them. But two late goals in as many minutes, the first from a harshly awarded penalty, pulled the rug from under them. Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a type of coarse woolen cloth): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian dialect rugga ‘coverlet’, Swedish rugg ‘ruffled hair’; related to rag. The sense ‘small carpet’ dates from the early 19th century. noun.1 phr.
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