| 单词 | magic carpet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmagic carpet magic carpet n. a mythical carpet able to transport a person on it to any desired place; frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > magic carpet magic carpet1833 1833 Fraser's Mag. June 695 An ornamental or poetical reporter..whose cotes of speeches might not be inaptly compared to the magic carpet of Solomon or Mahommed. 1871 W. Elder Questions of Day 54 The magic carpet and Aladdin's lamp seem now but a prophesy of the wonders which science and art are accomplishing for us. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix. 189 From San Diego to Sixteenth Street, Chicago, let the magic carpet be laid down. Hurry! oh, hurry! 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) iv. i. 434 I had to come off my magic carpet and walk once more in the world. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Aug. 625/2 His Magic Carpet is a book of travels, by means of which he is transported into lands that he is fated never to see. 1960 L. Meynell Bandaberry viii. 127 I had suddenly an immense desire to get on a magic carpet and float away..to some carefree place. 1974 D. MacKenzie Zaleski's Percentage iv. 94 That restaurant's his magic carpet. If they take it away from him, he'll never stop falling. < as lemmas |
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