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单词 carpets
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carpet

noun

car·​pet ˈkär-pət How to pronounce carpet (audio)
1
: a heavy often tufted fabric used as a floor covering
also : a floor covering made of this fabric
2
: a surface or layer resembling or suggesting a carpet
carpet verb
Phrases
on the carpet
: before an authority for censure or reproof
got called on the carpet by his boss

Example Sentences

We bought a new carpet for the bedroom. Which brand of carpet did you choose? The ground was covered by a carpet of leaves.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pluck, modification of Latin carpere to pluck — more at harvest

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

carpet 1 of 2

noun

car·​pet ˈkär-pət How to pronounce carpet (audio)
1
: a heavy woven fabric used especially as a floor covering
2
: a covering like a carpet
a carpet of grass

carpet

2 of 2

verb

carpeted; carpeting
: to cover with or as if with a carpet
… a maple tree … was carpeting the bank with crimson leaves. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

carpets

verb

present tense third-person singular of carpet
as in coats
to form a layer over leaves carpeted the lawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • coats
  • blankets
  • covers
  • sheets
  • overlays
  • curtains
  • clothes
  • shawls
  • mantles
  • overspreads
  • wraps
  • overlies
  • swathes
  • cloaks
  • shrouds
  • veils
  • circles
  • envelops
  • enrobes
  • enshrouds
  • enwraps
  • enswathes
  • encircles
  • encloses
  • encompasses
  • incloses
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