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. 我用沾滿油污的碎布擦我的自行車.
Instead of a handkerchief he had an old (piece of) rag. 他拿一塊舊布當作手絹用.
[attrib 作定語]
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 破舊衣服
a tramp dressed in rags and tatters 衣衫襤褸的流浪漢
trade in rags and waste paper 做破舊衣服和廢紙生意.
(b) pieces of waste cloth used to make good quality paper 用以制造優質紙的廢舊布片
[attrib 作定語]
`rag paper (以破布做原料的)優質紙.
3 [C] (infml usu derog 口, 通常作貶義) newspaper or journal 報紙; 雜志
I read it in the local rag. 我從本地的報紙上看到了這條消息.
4 (idm 習語) chew the fat/rag => chew. from ,rags to `riches from extreme poverty to wealth 從赤貧到巨富
[attrib 作定語]
Hers was a rags-to-riches story. 她的經歷可謂白手起家. 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 拿某人取樂; 戲弄某人
They are always ragging the teacher about his accent. 他們總是取笑這位老師的口音. rag, n
1 practical joke; prank 惡作劇; 玩笑
We hid her clothes for a rag. 我們開了個玩笑, 把她的衣服藏了起來.
2 annual entertainment held by students to collect money for charity 學生一年一度為募集慈善基金舉行的娛樂活動
the college `rag 學院的募捐聯歡
[attrib 作定語]
hold a `rag week 舉辦募捐聯歡周.
rag n piece of ragtime music 雷格泰姆音樂的曲子.