rag

B2 CET-4 高中 FREQ #8258 ★★☆☆☆

n. 碎布, 抹布, 碎片, 碎屑, 少量, 破旧衣服 vt. 责骂, 揶揄, 戏弄 vi. 喧闹

发音

US /ˈɹæɡ/
UK /ˈɹæɡ/
US /ˈɹeɪ̯ɡ/
CA /ˈɹeɪ̯ɡ/

词形变化

rags 复数 rags 三单 ragging 现在分词 ragged 过去式 ragged 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Tattered clothes (clothing).

    破布

    —What a pretty dress! —What, this old rag?

    It's semiformal. I can't show up dressed in rags!

    rags to riches

  2. 2.

    A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.

    抹布

  3. 3.

    A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.

    贬义
  4. 4.

    A ragged edge in metalworking.

  5. 5.

    A sail, or any piece of canvas.

    俚语 航海 交通
  6. 6.

    Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.

    俚语
  7. 7.

    A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.

    贬义 俚语
  8. 8.

    A poor, low-ranking kicker.

    游戏

    I have ace-four on my hand. In other words, I have ace-rag.

  9. 9.

    A curtain of various kinds.

    俚语 艺术
  10. 10.

    A person suffering from exhaustion or lack of energy.

    过时
  11. 11.

    A banknote.

    废旧 俚语
  12. 12.

    An uneven vertical margin (of a block of type).

    媒体 印刷

    We always leave rag on article typeset for the web.

  13. 1.

    A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.

    可数 不可数
  14. 1.

    A prank or practical joke.

    过时
  15. 2.

    A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.

    爱尔兰 英国
  16. 1.

    An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.

    美国 废旧
  17. 2.

    A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.

v.
  1. 1.

    To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To become tattered.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To menstruate.

    委婉 不及物 俚语 粗俗
  4. 1.

    To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.

  5. 2.

    To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

    Near-synonym: rough

  6. 1.

    To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.

  7. 2.

    To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.

    俚语
  8. 3.

    To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.

  9. 1.

    To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.

    非正式 及物
  10. 2.

    To dance to ragtime music.

    非正式 不及物
  11. 3.

    To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

    废旧 音乐

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg (suggested by derivative raggiġ (“shaggy; bristly; ragged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“tuft; shagginess”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwa-, probably related to *rūhaz. Cognate with Swedish ragg. Related to rug.

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