词汇 | welcome-mat |
释义 | welcome mat noun[ C ] uk /ˈwel.kəm ˌmæt/ us /ˈwel.kəm ˌmæt/ a small piece of strong material with "welcome" written on it that is put on the floor by the door to greet people as they come in: (有“欢迎光临”字样的)门毡 figurativeA new immigration law means the US will be dusting off the welcome mat for (= will be ready to welcome) famous people who want to live in the country.一项新的移民法案意味着美国将随时欢迎那些想来美国居住的名人。 figurativeWe had better put the welcome mat out(= be ready to welcome) if your mother is coming to visit.如果你妈妈要来作客的话,我们最好表示热烈欢迎。 Compare doormat the red carpet See also mat(FLOOR) Carpets, rugs & other floor coverings bath mat carpet carpet tile carpeted carpeting coconut matting fitted carpet fitter linoleum mat matting parquet pile rug runner scatter rug shag throw rug uncarpeted underlay Examples of welcome matwelcome mat The industry, on the whole, didn't roll out a welcomemat. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Connected together, the mats then create a huge welcomemat to attract free-floating larvae. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The planning process must have a welcomemat at the door, rather than the combination lock or guard dogs that are sometimes there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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