| 词汇 | carpet knight |
| 词源 | carpet knight. In days of old, when knighthood was in flow- er, carpet knight was a contemptuous term for a knight who fought all his battles in a lady’s bed or on her carpet, one who stayed home from the wars. The expression, first recorded in 1576, came over the years to mean someone who avoids practi- cal work. |
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