喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a thick woven cloth laid loose on the floor — not fitted wall to wall, just dropped where you want warmth or colour, and easy to pick up again. That looseness is the useful part: something you can also wrap round your knees, and something someone can whip out from under your feet.

可以想成：一塊織得厚厚的布，鬆鬆地鋪在地板上——不是滿鋪到牆邊的地毯，而是想暖一點、想好看一點就放下去，隨時也能捲起…更多收起可以想成：一塊織得厚厚的布，鬆鬆地鋪在地板上——不是滿鋪到牆邊的地毯，而是想暖一點、想好看一點就放下去，隨時也能捲起來拿走。「沒有固定住」正是這個字好用的地方：同一塊布可以拿來裹在膝蓋上，也可以被人一把從你腳下抽走。

From the picture

從腳下被抽走的那塊布

因為 rug 只是鬆鬆鋪著，用力一拉整塊就會走，站在上面的人自然摔倒——這個很具體的畫面被借去講「支持突然被撤掉」。

pull the rug (out) from under somebody · noun · B1

In 'pull the rug (out) from under somebody', to suddenly take away help or support that person was depending on.

拆台；抽後盾

頭上那塊「布」

把地上那塊毛茸茸的布拿來指頭上的假髮，靠的就是外觀上的相似，說法本身帶著開玩笑的味道。

hairpiece (slang) · noun · B1

A funny informal word for a hairpiece that someone wears on their head.

假髮（戲稱）

Also in this word

small floor covering · noun · B1

A thick piece of cloth that covers part of a floor, for warmth or as decoration.

小地毯

travel blanket · noun · B1

A large piece of thick cloth you wrap around yourself to stay warm, especially when travelling.

旅行毯；圍毯

原始詞典資料16 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Rugnoun/ɹʌɡ/

  • 1

    slangshort form of Rugbeian

rugnoun/ˈɹʌɡ/

  • 1

    A partial covering for a floor.

  • 2

    A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.

    • They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.
    • Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug, and, in winter time, not less than one additional rug.
  • 3

    archaichistoricalA kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.

    • They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs.
  • 4

    archaichistoricalA cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.

  • 5

    obsoleterareA person wearing a rug.

  • 6

    A cloth covering for a horse.

  • 7

    obsoleterareA dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.

  • 8

    slangThe female pubic hair.

另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.

  • 10

    slangA wig; a hairpiece.

    • The intervening years have been kind to Edward Fox and John Wells, who now assume the principal roles, in allowing them to keep their full complement of hair. Mr Fox shows his gratitude by using his rug as a prop, flopping it forward, Welsh-combing it back, letting it stand up on end as if from shock, while Mr Wells is content mostly to let his limply swathe his forehead.
  • 11

    A dense growth of chest hair.

rugverb/ˈɹʌɡ/

  • 1

    To cover with a rug.

    • It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […]
  • 2

    archaicTo pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

    • “this was a job in the auld times o'rugging and riving through the hale country[…]”

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。