ragged

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rag·ged /ˈræɡɪd/ adjectiveadj

1 clothes etc 衣服等 (also raggedy /ˈræɡədi/ especially American EnglishAmE)TEAR torn and in bad condition 破旧的

the ragged blankets on the bed

床上的破毯子

a raggedy hat

一顶破旧的帽子

2 people 人DCCONDITION/STATE OF something wearing clothes that are old and torn 衣衫褴褛的

Crowds of ragged children played among the rocks.

一群群破衣烂衫的孩子在岩石间玩耍。

3 uneven 不平的 (also raggedy)CFUNTIDY having a rough uneven edge or surface 〔边缘〕参差不齐的；〔表面〕凹凸不平的

The old photograph looked a little ragged at the edges.

这张旧相片的边缘有点磨破了。

a ragged hole

边缘粗糙的洞

raggedy hair

参差不齐的头发

4 not regular 不规则的 not regular or together 不规则的；零散的

The crowd gave a ragged cheer.

人群中发出了零零落落的欢呼。

ragged breathing

不均匀的呼吸

5 tired 疲倦的 informalTIRED tired after using a lot of effort 疲乏的

He looked ragged, so I told him to go to bed.

他看上去很累，所以我叫他上床睡觉去。

He ran United’s defence ragged (=made them do a lot of work).

他让联队的防守队员疲于奔命。

6. be on the ragged edge American EnglishAmE informalTIRED to be feeling very tired or upset 极度疲劳；惴惴不安

—raggedly adverbadv

raggedly dressed

衣衫褴褛的

She was breathing raggedly.

她呼吸急促。

—raggedness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

ragged• The blanket she wore over her shoulders was ragged and filthy.• Much of Cassidy's concert seemed ragged and under-rehearsed.• She looked quite ragged and unkempt.• He was educated at Guthries, a school for ragged boys, where he was subjected to frequent beatings.• Through his increasingly deep, ragged breathing, he said her name once, twice.• The three boys should have been at school with their ragged clothes, crew cuts and sullen eyes.• A man in ragged clothes was begging on the corner.• He touched his ragged hat as she passed.• Dead, ragged heads of the climbing hydrangea can be removed, cutting where the stem joins the main branch.• Alex was wearing ragged jeans with holes in the knees.• Trim ragged lawn edges with the aid of a half-moon edging iron.• a ragged shoreline• But, for the data analyst who is prepared to use judgement as well as arithmetic, smoothing can clarify many otherwise ragged situations.• Bev's voice was ragged with fatigue.

ran ... ragged• For 20 minutes Middlesbrough ran us ragged.• As I said Tillo ran him ragged at some stages in the game.• Arsenal could easily have trebled their score as they ran Liverpool ragged in the second half.

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