Tấm thảm

to lay a carpet

trải thảm

Thảm (cỏ, hoa, rêu...)

to be on the carpet

được đem ra thảo luận, bàn cãi

Bị mắng, bị quở trách

to walk the carpet

bị mắng, bị quở trách

Trải thảm

(thông tục) lôi (người làm...) ra mắng mỏ; gọi lên mắng

lớp bảo vệ

lớp lát mặt đường

lớp mặt đường

lớp phủ

tấm thảm

woven carpet

tấm thảm dệt

N. & v.

N.

A thick fabric for covering a floor or stairs.b a piece of this fabric.

An expanse or layer resembling acarpet 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.

Carpet-bag a travelling-bag of akind orig. made of carpet-like material. carpet-bagger 1 esp.US a political candidate in an area where the candidate has nolocal connections (orig. a northerner in the southern US afterthe Civil War).

An unscrupulous opportunist. carpet bombingintensive bombing. carpet slipper a kind of slipper with theupper made orig. of carpet-like material. carpet-sweeper ahousehold implement with a revolving brush or brushes forsweeping carpets. on the carpet 1 colloq. being reprimanded.

Under consideration. sweep under the carpet conceal (a problemor difficulty) in the hope that it will be forgotten. [ME f. OFcarpite or med.L carpita, f. obs. It. carpita woollencounterpane, ult. f. L carpere pluck, pull to pieces]