Definition of carpet knight in English:

carpet knight

noun

archaic

A man who avoids hard work in favour of leisure activities or philandering.
〈古〉地毯骑士（逃避艰苦工作而寻求娱乐或调情的人）
Example sentencesExamples
- Wood says that Elizabeth chose some people for high office because of their skill at dancing: ‘… an outstanding Galliard dancer was no carpet knight.
- What might have been the result it is not easy to say; Sir Jacques had no carpet knight to deal with in Don Diego; but the king ended the business by refusing permission to the combatants to finish their fight.
- What would the Round Table be without the best carpet knight in town?
- While showing his devotion to his God and his neighbor, Louis entertained no insuperable aversion to buckling on the mail of a warrior; and when he mounted his steed and laid his lance in rest, his foes found him " no carpet knight.’
- He was an obtuse Legitimist, a besotted zealot, a carpet knight and former member of the Mixed Commissions of 1851.

Origin

Late 16th century: with reference to a knight's exploits being restricted to a carpeted boudoir, instead of to the field of battle.

单词	carpet knight
释义	Definition of carpet knight in English: carpet knight noun archaic A man who avoids hard work in favour of leisure activities or philandering. 〈古〉地毯骑士（逃避艰苦工作而寻求娱乐或调情的人） Example sentencesExamples Wood says that Elizabeth chose some people for high office because of their skill at dancing: ‘… an outstanding Galliard dancer was no carpet knight. What might have been the result it is not easy to say; Sir Jacques had no carpet knight to deal with in Don Diego; but the king ended the business by refusing permission to the combatants to finish their fight. What would the Round Table be without the best carpet knight in town? While showing his devotion to his God and his neighbor, Louis entertained no insuperable aversion to buckling on the mail of a warrior; and when he mounted his steed and laid his lance in rest, his foes found him " no carpet knight.’ He was an obtuse Legitimist, a besotted zealot, a carpet knight and former member of the Mixed Commissions of 1851. Origin Late 16th century: with reference to a knight's exploits being restricted to a carpeted boudoir, instead of to the field of battle.
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