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Rag Piece Ræɡ People Countable Verb Sb Cloth

The word "rag" has multiple meanings: it can be a piece of old cloth for cleaning, torn clothing (plural "rags"), or colloquially, a poor-quality newspaper. As a verb, "to rag" means to tease someone unkindly. It also appears in idioms like "lose your rag" (to become angry) and "rags to riches" (a story of becoming wealthy from poverty).

The word "rag" can refer to a piece of old cloth used for cleaning, torn clothes, or informally, a low-quality newspaper. It can also be used as a verb meaning to tease someone unkindly, or in phrases like "lose your rag" (to get angry) or "rags to riches" (becoming very wealthy).

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[N-VAR 可变名词]抹布;破布;碎布 A rag is a piece of old cloth which you can use to clean or wipe things.
  • He was wiping his hands on an oily rag.

    他正在用一块满是油污的破布擦手。

  • ...a bundle of old rags...

    一捆破布

  • It looked like a piece of rag.

    它看上去像块破布。

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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]破旧衣服;破烂衣裳 Rags are old torn clothes.
  • There were men, women and small children, some dressed in rags.

    有男人、女人和小孩,其中一些人衣衫褴褛。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](格调低下的)报纸,小报 People refer to a newspaper as a rag when they have a poor opinion of it.
  [disapproval]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • 'This man Tom works for a local rag,' he said.

    “这个叫汤姆的人在一家地方小报社工作,”他说。

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[VERB 动词]嘲弄;拿…开玩笑;对…恶作剧 To rag someone means to make fun of them in an unkind way.
  [V n]
  [BRIT 英]
  • She was about thirty, ten years older than the youngsters ragging her.

    她大概有30岁,比那些嘲弄她的年轻人大10岁。

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See also:
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    [PHRASE 短语]突然生气;勃然大怒 If you lose your rag, you suddenly become so angry that you are not in control of yourself.
      [V inflects]
      [BRIT 英]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • I've only once seen him lose his rag.

      我只见他发过一次脾气。

    7
    [PHRASE 短语]从赤贫到巨富;白手起家 You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
    • His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that.

      他白手起家,人们对他都很钦佩。

    8
    [PHRASE 短语]激怒人的东西 If you describe something as a red rag to a bull, you mean that it is certain to make a particular person or group very angry.
      [v-link PHR]
      [mainly BRIT 主英]
    • This sort of information is like a red rag to a bull for the tobacco companies.

      烟草公司知道了这种消息一定会大怒。


    Oxford rag / ræɡ ; NAmE ræɡ /
    noun
    ,
    verb
    rag rags ragged ragging
    noun 1 [countable ,  uncountable ] a piece of old, often torn, cloth used especially for cleaning things 抹布;破布 see also
    glad rags
    2 [countable ] ( informal, usually disapproving) a newspaper that you believe to be of low quality 质量低劣的报纸;小报 the local rag 地方小报 3 [countable ] a piece of ragtimemusic 雷格泰姆乐曲 4 ( BrE) [uncountable ,  countable ] an event or a series of events organized by students each year to raise money for charity (学生每年组织的)慈善募捐活动 rag week 学生募捐周 IDIOMS in ˈrags wearing very old torn clothes 衣衫褴褛;穿得破旧 The children were dressed in rags. 孩子们穿着破衣烂衫。 (from) ˌrags to ˈriches from being extremely poor to being very rich 从赤贫到巨富 a rags-to-riches story 穷人发迹史 Hers was a classic tale of rags to riches. 她的经历是从赤贫到富有的一个典型例子。 ˌlose your ˈrag ( BrE) ( informal) to get angry 发怒;生气 more at
    red
    adj.
    verb ( -gg- ) ragsb (about sth) ( old-fashioned) ( BrE) to laugh at and/or play tricks on sb 嘲笑;捉弄 SYN
    tease
    PHRASAL VERB ˈrag on sb ( NAmE) ( informal) to complain to sb about their behaviour, work, etc. 向某人抱怨(或埋怨、发牢骚)
    rag / ræɡ ; NAmE ræɡ /
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    rag1 noun
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    ragrag1 /ræɡ/ ●○○ noun
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    1cloth [countable, uncountable] a small piece of old cloth, for example one used for cleaning things:  He wiped his boots dry with an old rag. an oily rag2newspaper [countable] informal a newspaper, especially one that you think is not particularly important or of good quality:  He writes for the local rag.3in rags wearing old torn clothes:  Children in rags begged money from the tourists.4from rags to riches becoming very rich after starting your life very poor:  He likes to tell people of his rise from rags to riches.
    rags-to-riches
    5music [countable] a piece of ragtime music6students’ event [countable] British English an event organized by students every year in order to make money for people who are poor, sick etc:  rag week glad rags
    at glad(7)
    , → like a red rag to a bull
    at red1(5)
    , → lose your rag
    at lose(11)
    rag1 noun
    rag2 verb
    ragrag2 verb (past tense and past participle ragged, present participle ragging) [transitive]
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    British English old-fashioned to laugh at someone or play tricks on them SYN  tease
    WDF

    rag

    [ræg]ragged, ragging, rags

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    ragged[1292] ragging[343] rags[2956]
    破布(62%),碎布(26%),破衣服(12%)
    n.破布;碎屑
    vt.戏弄;责骂
    vi.变破碎;穿着讲究

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