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car.petH5kB:7pIt, $5kB:r-n(a shaped piece of) thick woven material, either woollen or woollen-like, for covering floors地毯We've just had a new carpet fitted/laid in our bedroom. [C]我们刚在卧室里铺了新地毯。A (Br) fitted/(Am) wall-to-wall carpet is one which covers the whole floor of a room from wall to wall. [C]铺满整个房间地板的地毯She cut up some bits of old carpet for the children's playhouse. [U]她为孩子们的游戏室剪了几块旧地毯。(fig.) Our lawn is a carpet of (=is covered with) daisies. [U]我们的草坪上开满了雏菊。(fig.) There's a carpet (=a thick layer) of snow outside. [U]外面地上积满了雪。(infml dated) Patrick was on the carpet (=in trouble with someone in authority) for crashing a company car that he hadn't even asked permission to use.帕特里克未经允许就使用公司的车并将车撞坏了,他因此而受到训斥。When Mark gets home from work, he likes to put on his carpet slippers (=soft shoes worn inside) and sit down to read the newspaper.马克下班回家后,喜欢穿上他的软拖鞋坐下读报。Carpet bombing is the act of dropping a lot of bombs all over a particular area so that it will be destroyed.地毯式轰炸A carpet sweeper is a machine with a brush fixed to the bottom of it for cleaning carpets.地毯清扫器
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