tapis

/tap-ee, tap-is, ta-pee/US // ˈtæp i, ˈtæp ɪs, tæˈpi //UK // (ˈtæpiː, ˈtæpɪ, French tapi) //

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n.名词 noun

“I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis,” the letter reads.
She was therefore prepared to sustain her part in the drama Routemberg was bringing on the tapis.
Viollet-le-Duc says that the “Saracinois” was a term applied to the makers of velvety carpets (tapis veloutés).
With Mrs. Van Varick on the tapis, Tommie is safe from designing ladies who might marry him for his money.
There is sure to be some large picnic, some delightful gathering on the "tapis," when they choose to exhibit their griefs.
And then, at last, that future day was absolutely brought on the tapis as though now to be named.