carpet
noun/ˈkɑːrpɪt/
Слово англійською: carpet
Переклад carpet українською: ки́лим
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] a piece of thick woven material made of wool, etc., used to cover the floor of a room or stairs; the material used for carpets
- He spent the morning laying the new carpet.
- a bedroom carpet
- (British English) We have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house.
- a roll of carpet
- [countable] carpet (of something) (literary) a thick layer of something on the ground
- a carpet of snow
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a thick fabric used as a cover for a table or bed): from Old French carpite or medieval Latin carpita, from obsolete Italian carpita ‘woollen counterpane’, based on Latin carpere ‘pluck, pull to pieces’.
Idioms
(be/get called) on the carpet
- (informal, especially North American English) called to see somebody in authority because you have done something wrong
- I got called on the carpet for being late.
sweep something under the carpet
(US English also sweep something under the rug)
- to try to stop people from finding out about something wrong, illegal, embarrassing, etc. that has happened or that you have done
- An earlier report, implicating the government, had been conveniently swept under the carpet.