carpet

カーペット、じゅうたん

床を覆うための厚く柔らかい敷物。

やさしい英語で： A thick, soft material used to cover a floor.

• The carpet feels soft under my feet.
• We bought new carpets for the bedrooms.
• Please wipe your shoes before stepping on the carpet.

類義語： carpeting

よく使う表現： fitted carpet, carpet on something, carpet cleaner

一面の覆い、じゅうたん

表面を覆う、何かの厚い層。

やさしい英語で： A thick layer of something that covers a surface.

• A carpet of snow covered the fields.
• We walked across a soft carpet of moss.
• The garden became a carpet of yellow flowers.

使い方： a carpet of something (A carpet of leaves covered the path.)

類義語： layer, covering, blanket

よく使う表現： carpet of leaves, carpet of snow, carpet of flowers

カーペットを敷く

床や部屋にカーペットを敷く。

やさしい英語で： To cover a floor or room with a thick, soft material.

• We plan to carpet the bedroom.
• They carpeted the stairs last week.
• The entire office is carpeted in blue.

よく使う表現： carpet a room, carpet the stairs, carpet a floor

覆う、敷き詰める

何かを一面に広げて、表面全体を覆う。

やさしい英語で： To cover a surface completely with a layer of something.

• Leaves carpeted the ground.
• The hillside was carpeted with wild flowers.
• Broken glass carpets the road after the crash.

使い方： be carpeted with something (The path was carpeted with fallen leaves.)

類義語： cover, blanket

よく使う表現： carpet the ground, carpet the forest, carpet with something