rag

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rag1 /ræɡ/ noun

1 cloth 布 [countableC, uncountableU]DHC a small piece of old cloth, for example one used for cleaning things 旧布；抹布

He wiped his boots dry with an old rag.

他用一块旧布把他的靴子擦干。

an oily rag

沾满油污的抹布

2 newspaper 报纸 [countableC] informalTCN a newspaper, especially one that you think is not particularly important or of good quality 小报；质量低劣的报纸

He writes for the local rag.

他给当地小报写稿。

3 in rags DCCwearing old torn clothes 衣衫褴褛

Children in rags begged money from the tourists.

衣衫褴褛的孩子向游客讨钱。

Examples from the Corpus

in rags• Is it formal, or can we attend in rags?• The shift was an unbroken sixteen hours and the children were clothed in rags.• Two were very thin and dressed in rags.• There are areas where every child is in rags and learns to be a thief from the age of three.• She dressed Jane in rags to make her look bad to establish clearly the undesirability of another female in the house.• an old man in rags• An old Rabari arrived, a skeleton in rags like all traveling pastoralists in this area.• The Rumanian or Andalusian peasant went in rags.• I was comforted when Matata showed me a Boer war rifle wrapped in rags in the bottom of the canoe.

4 from rags to riches RICHbecoming very rich after starting your life very poor 从赤贫到巨富，从一贫如洗到家财万贯

He likes to tell people of his rise from rags to riches.

他喜欢给人讲他白手起家的故事。

→ rags-to-riches

Examples from the Corpus

from rags to riches• I used the analogy of a family that goes from rags to riches and back to rags in three or four generations.• These he is at pains to hide in order to promote the fiction of his rise from rags to riches.

5. music 音乐 [countableC]APM a piece of ragtime music 雷格泰姆乐曲

6 students’ event 学生活动 [countableC] British EnglishBrESEC an event organized by students every year in order to make money for people who are poor, sick etc 〔学生每年为穷人、病人等举行的〕慈善募捐活动

rag week

慈善募捐周

→ glad rags at glad(7), → like a red rag to a bull at red1(5), → lose your rag at lose(11)

Examples from the Corpus

rag• Just get a rag and wipe it up.• I opened the window, stepped out on the ledge, and began to wash windowpanes with a rag.• That paper's nothing but a fascist rag.• The thin cake was hard and resistant as a frozen rag.• Maple Leaf Rag• A wet finger or rag will smooth a caulked joint and leave a neat appearance.• This was how he remembered her, rather than as the cancer-pained rag doll he had nursed until her death.• When I got back to the villa, I saw a red rag tied to the balcony.• He put the rags be-tween my legs.• The smell of oil clung to her as strongly as it did to the rags in the van.

local rag• I advertised in the local rag, but to no avail.• But that wretched Sandra would have had a field day too - her picture in the local rag in her best dress.• I can scour the local rags!

rag2 verb (ragged, ragging) [transitiveT]

British EnglishBrE old-fashionedLAUGHTRICK/DECEIVE to laugh at someone or play tricks on them 嘲笑；戏弄，捉弄 SYN tease

Examples from the Corpus

rag• Uncle Michael on a metal bed, cocooned in a fold of army blanket under mosquito netting, drawing ragged breaths.• Her voice sounded ragged from much weeping.• A ragged halo of smoky-blue cloud wraps round the intense silver glow.• Arsenal could easily have trebled their score as they ran Liverpool ragged in the second half.• Brush on the dye, working with the grain, and rag off any excess.• There'd been a ragged reconciliation in the morning.• Theresa tipped the can over; the squirrel, looking ragged, scooted toward liberation.• He lay naked on his back with the ragged stump of his leg pointing out the side door.

Origin rag1

1. (1300-1400) Old Norse rögg “rough hairiness”

2. (1800-1900) ragtime

rag2

(1700-1800) Origin unknown

rag1 nounrag2 verb

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