Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - carpet
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Carpet
carpet
~1 n 1 heavy woven material for covering floors or stairs, or a piece of this material (a beautiful persian carpet | fitted carpet (=one that is cut to fit the shape of a room)) (- compare rug (1)) 2 carpet of leaves/flowers etc literary a thick layer of leaves etc (- see also magic carpet, sweep sth under the carpet sweep1 (13)) ~2 v 1 (usually in passive) to cover a floor with carpet (a carpeted corridor) 2 informal especially BrE to blame someone for something they have done; reprimand 3 carpeted with grass/flowers etc literary covered with a thick layer of grass etc
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(carpets, carpeting, carpeted) 1. A carpet is a thick covering of soft material which is laid over a floor or a staircase. They put down wooden boards, and laid new carpets on top. ...the stain on our living-room carpet. N-VAR 2. If a floor or a room is carpeted, a carpet is laid on the floor. The room had been carpeted and the windows glazed with coloured glass... The main gaming room was thickly carpeted. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed 3. A carpet of something such as leaves or plants is a layer of them which covers the ground. (LITERARY) The carpet of leaves in my yard became more and more noticeable. = layer N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n 4. If the ground is carpeted with something such as leaves or plants, it is completely covered by them. (LITERARY) The ground was thickly carpeted with pine needles. = cover VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n 5. to sweep something under the carpet: see sweep see also carpeting, red carpet ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
n. & v. --n. 1 a thick fabric for covering a floor or stairs. b a piece of this fabric. 2 an expanse or layer resembling a carpet in being smooth, soft, bright, or thick (carpet of snow). --v.tr. (carpeted, carpeting) 1 cover with or as with a carpet. 2 colloq. reprimand, reprove. Phrases and idioms carpet-bag a travelling-bag of a kind orig. made of carpet-like material. carpet-bagger 1 esp. US a political candidate in an area where the candidate has no local connections (orig. a northerner in the southern US after the Civil War). 2 an unscrupulous opportunist. carpet bombing intensive bombing. carpet slipper a kind of slipper with the upper made orig. of carpet-like material. carpet-sweeper a household implement with a revolving brush or brushes for sweeping carpets. on the carpet 1 colloq. being reprimanded. 2 under consideration. sweep under the carpet conceal (a problem or difficulty) in the hope that it will be forgotten. Etymology: ME f. OF carpite or med.L carpita, f. obs. It. carpita woollen counterpane, ult. f. L carpere pluck, pull to pieces ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1) покрытие 2) ковёр 3) самолётная станция активного радиоэлектронного подавления - asphalt carpet - bituminous carpet - cab carpet - cork carpet - knitted pile carpet - noise carpet - road carpet - safety rubber carpet - wearing carpet ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
4.
ковровое покрытие (пола), ковёр (асфальтовый) слой износа (наносимый на существующее дорожное покрытие) чистый дощатый пол (устраиваемый поверх чёрного дощатого пола) asphalt carpet cork carpet fiber bound carpet tuffed carpet ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) площадь, покрытая густой однородной растительностью 2) энт. пяденица – carpet of leaves – beautiful carpet – chocolate-tip carpet – drab carpet – garden carpet – water carpet ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. ковер runner carpet —- ковровая дорожка magic carpet —- ковер-самолет 2. спец. покрытие, одежда (дороги) carpet coat (veneer) —- защитный слой (дорожного покрытия) 3. жарг. три месяца тюрьмы 4. церк. покров; пелена (напрестольная) Id: red carpet —- торжественная встреча Id: to roll out the red carpet for smb. —- принять кого-л. с почетом Id: to be on the carpet —- обсуждаться, рассматриваться (о вопросе); быть предметом разговора; получить нагоняй Id: this is the second time he has been on the carpet —- ему уже дважды попадало Id: to step off the carpet —- ам. вступить в брак Id: to sweep smth. under the carpet —- скрывать что-л.; не признаваться в чем-л. (неприятном и т. п.) 5. устилать, покрывать коврами 6. устилать (цветами и т. п.) 7. дор. покрывать тонким слоем (битума и т. п.) 8. разг. вызывать и делать выговор, замечание; дать нагоняй why were they carpeted? —- за что им попало? ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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bombing noun mil. бомбометание по площади CARPET 1. noun 1) ковер carpet of flowers - ковер цветов 2) constr. покрытие; одежда (дороги) 3) tech. защитный слой on the carpet - а) на обсуждении (о вопросе); б): to have smb. on the carpet давать нагоняй кому-л. 2. v. 1) устилать, покрывать коврами 2) устилать (цветами) 3) coll. вызывать для замечания, выговора ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1345, from O.Fr. carpite "carpet, kind of cloth," from M.L. carpita "thick woolen cloth," pp. of L. carpere "to card, pluck," probably because it was made from unraveled, shreded, "plucked" fabric. Could also mean "tablecloth" or "bedspread" until meaning narrowed 15c. Carpetbagger, scornful appellation for Northerners who went South after the Civil War seeking private gain or political advancement is first attested 1868, Amer.Eng., formed from carpetbag (n.), 1830, a travelling bag made from carpet fabric. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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