Tra từ carpet - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

car·pet [carpet carpets carpeted carpeting] noun, verb BrE [ˈkɑːpɪt] NAmE [ˈkɑːrpɪt]
noun
1. uncountable a thick ↑woven material made of wool, etc. for covering floors or stairs
•a roll of carpet
2. countable a piece of carpet used as a floor covering, especially when shaped to fit a room
•to lay a carpet
•a bedroom carpet
• (BrE) We have fitted carpets (= carpets from wall to wall) in our house.

see also ↑carpeting, ↑red carpet, ↑rug
3. countable ~ (of sth) (literary)a thick layer of sth on the ground
•a carpet of snow
more at sweep sth under the carpet at ↑sweep _v.

Word Origin:
Middle 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’.

Example Bank:
•I'm having the carpets fitted today.
•The cat curled up on the carpet.
•The grey vinyl floor gave way to carpet tiles.
•The leaves formed a carpet under the trees.
•They rolled out the red carpet for the visitors.
•a deep carpet of snow
Idiom: ↑on the carpet

verb usually passive
1. ~ sth to cover the floor of a room with a carpet
•The hall was carpeted in blue.
2. ~ sth (with/in sth) (literary)to cover sth with a thick layer of sth
•The forest floor was carpeted with wild flowers.
3. ~ sb (informal, especially BrE)to speak angrily to sb because they have done sth wrong
Syn: ↑reprimand
•Senior officials were carpeted for leaking information to the press.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle 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’.