rag
n
1 [C, U] odd (scrap of) cloth, usu torn, frayed, etc 碎布(通常指撕碎、 磨破的)
I use an oily rag to clean my bike with. 我用沾满油污的碎布擦我的自行车.
Instead of a handkerchief he had an old (piece of) rag. 他拿一块旧布当作手绢用.
[attrib 作定语]
a rag doll, ie one stuffed with rags 碎布娃娃(以碎布做填塞物的).
2 rags [pl]
(a) old, worn or torn clothes 破旧衣服
a tramp dressed in rags and tatters 衣衫褴褛的流浪汉
trade in rags and waste paper 做破旧衣服和废纸生意.
(b) pieces of waste cloth used to make good quality paper 用以制造优质纸的废旧布片
[attrib 作定语]
`rag paper (以破布做原料的)优质纸.
3 [C] (infml usu derog 口, 通常作贬义) newspaper or journal 报纸; 杂志
I read it in the local rag. 我从本地的报纸上看到了这条消息.
4 (idm 习语) chew the fat/rag => chew. from ,rags to `riches from extreme poverty to wealth 从赤贫到巨富
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Hers was a rags-to-riches story. 她的经历可谓白手起家. glad rags => glad. like a wet rag => wet. lose one's rag => lose. a red rag to a bull => red1.
rag v (-gg-) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (about/for sth) (Brit infml 口) play practical jokes on sb; tease sb 拿某人取乐; 戏弄某人
They are always ragging the teacher about his accent. 他们总是取笑这位老师的口音. rag, n
1 practical joke; prank 恶作剧; 玩笑
We hid her clothes for a rag. 我们开了个玩笑, 把她的衣服藏了起来.
2 annual entertainment held by students to collect money for charity 学生一年一度为募集慈善基金举行的娱乐活动
the college `rag 学院的募捐联欢
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hold a `rag week 举办募捐联欢周.
rag n piece of ragtime music 雷格泰姆音乐的曲子.
Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read