| 释义 |
carpet-mongern. (term of contempt) carpet-knight.frequenter of drawing-rooms,i. e. knight whose val-orous deeds were done not on the battlefield but in ladies drawing-rooms（蔑称）蹭地毯的骑士，客厅骑士，指那种不会打仗，只会在贵妇客厅中混的骑士。
△Ado.5.2.32:“awhole bookful of these quondam carpet-mongers，” 那一大批写在书上的古代的花花公子们。 |