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Rag Phrase 短语 Clean I Local Piece People

英语单词 rag
英美音标 英 [ræɡ] 美 [ræɡ]
中文释义 n.破布;碎布;破衣服;(低劣的)报纸
英语例句 (1) She twisted a rag round my hand.
(2) He plugged the hole in the pipe with an old rag.
(3) He wrapped a clean rag around his ankle.
(4) It's just an old rag I had in the closet.
(5) Why do you read that worthless rag?
(6) I like it much better than the local rag.
中文例句 (1) 她用一块破布包住我的手。
(2) 他用一块旧破布把管子上的那个洞塞住了。
(3) 他把一小块乾净的布缠住脚腕。
(4) 这只不过是我挂在壁橱里的旧衣服罢了。
(5) 你为什么看这种没有价值的报纸?
(6) 它比地方报纸好多了。
柯林斯解释
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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:
ragged
    6
    [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。

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