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Rag Piece Ræɡ People Countable Verb Sb Cloth

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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。

2
[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。

3
[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
    rag2 verb
    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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