welcome mat

劍橋詞典

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“歡迎光臨”字樣的）門氈
figurative A 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 . 一項(xiàng)新的移民法案意味著美國將隨時(shí)歡迎那些想來美國居住的名人。
figurative We had better put the welcome mat out (= be ready to welcome ) if your mother is coming to visit . 如果你媽媽要來作客的話，我們最好表示熱烈歡迎。 返回 welcome mat