ragtag

FREQ #45837

n. 群氓, 贱民, 乌合之众

发音

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词形变化

ragtags 复数 ragtags more ragtag 比较级 most ragtag 最高级

别名

ragtail rag-tag

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shabby, unkempt person.

    Near-synonym: ragbag

adj.
  1. 1.

    Unkempt, shabby, or in a state of disrepair.

    He liked to wear an old ragtag coat that was so threadbare that he'd get sunburned through it.

  2. 2.

    Very diverse; having irregular and dissimilar components.

    The guerrillas were a ragtag band of local thugs, former soldiers, displaced farmers, and political idealists.

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词源

From earlier tag-rag and tag and rag, from rag + tag.

来源:wiktionary