英语词汇“rag”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

rag1

/raɡ

noun

1A piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things: he wiped his hands on an oily rag [mass noun]: a piece of rag...

It hadn't taken Lee long to come back with a clean wet cloth before the cold rag was pressed to Kris' scalp.
He leaned down to gather clean water in the rag for rinsing, running the cloth over the same areas.
Quickly, he ran to grab some rags to clean up, shaking his head - he knew he'd ruined his chance.

Synonyms

piece of cloth, bit/scrap/fragment of cloth, cloth

North American informal schmatte

archaic clout

1.1 (rags) Old or tattered clothes: street urchins dressed in rags...

In rags she huddled in the corner of her dank cell.
You could see the homeless on the streets, in their tattered rags and scraps of what were once new, clean clothes; they were all begging.
There's one guy who gets on the tube with an accordion, while his son, in tattered rags, goes up and down the aisles with a Pringles can to collect spare change.

Synonyms

tattered clothes, torn clothing, tatters, old clothes, cast-offs, hand-me-downs

1.2 [with negative] archaic The smallest scrap of cloth or clothing: not a rag of clothing has arrived to us this winter

2 informal A newspaper, typically one regarded as being of low quality: the local rag...

Take the business of this newspaper, the rag that backed the rebel faction, and that was closed down for 60 days last month.
I'm a health care reporter for our local rag.
How did she work as a promising and up-rising journalist at one of the country's most popular tabloid rags?

3 rare A herd of colts: a rag of colts roamed the moorland...

A rag of colts will overrun the streets as the riding center launches a public art exhibition of life-size horses painted by artists.

verb (rags, ragging, ragged) [with object]

1Give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag: the background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below...

Here he expanded his skills to include marbling, dragging and ragging techniques.

1.1Apply (paint) to a surface with a rag.Paint can be textured or distressed, ragged or rolled.

Phrases

be on the rag

lose one's rag

(from) rags to riches

Origin

Middle English: probably a back-formation from ragged or raggy.

A Scandinavian word for ‘tufted’ probably lies behind rag. In lose your rag (early 20th century) ‘to lose your temper’, rag is probably an old slang term for the tongue—the phrase was originally get your rag out. This sense of rag may well be behind the student rag or prank, found from the early 19th century, and the dated verb meaning ‘to tease, play a joke on’. From rags to riches describes someone's rise from a state of extreme poverty to great wealth, as in a fairytale like Cinderella. The concept is ancient, but the phrase was not recorded until the late 19th century, when a play called From Rags to Riches was mentioned in a US newspaper. A group of people regarded as disreputable or undesirable may be described as ragtag and bobtail. Bobtail (early 17th century) was an established term for a horse or dog with a docked tail, but rag and tag (LME of unknown origin) were separate words conveying the same meaning of ‘tattered or ragged clothes’. Putting them together gives you the literal sense of ‘people in ragged clothes together with their dogs and horses’. In one traditional folk song a lady leaves her house, land, and ‘new-wedded lord’ to run away with ‘the raggle-taggle gypsies’. Raggle-taggle (late 19th century) here is an elaboration of ragtag. Similarly ragamuffin is probably an elaboration of rag. The word is found once c.1400 as the name of a devil, but then not until 1586. The 1990s term ragga for a style of dance music is taken from ragamuffin, because of the style of clothing worn by its fans. Rug (mid 16th century), once a name for a type of coarse woollen cloth, is probably from the same root. The sense ‘small carpet’ dates from the early 19th century. So too is rugged (Middle English). ‘Shaggy’ was an early sense of rugged as was ‘rough-coated’ (in descriptions of horses).

Rhymes

rag2

/raɡ

verb (rags, ragging, ragged) [with object]

1Make fun of (someone) in a boisterous manner: he ragged me about not smoking or drinking despite the way I sometimes rag her, she is my sister...

The lads were ragging me about that, declaring I had lost my touch, he laughed.
Hey, I'm not ragging you guys, it's nice to know someone actually reads my stuff…
I apologize to Mr. Russell for ragging him but that's what happens when you have a rock garden named after you.

2Rebuke severely: I ragged a restaurant last week for mangling Key lime pie...

If any male relative comes to the village after sunset, the women rag him and sometimes beat him up.

3 Ice Hockey Keep possession of (the puck) by skilful stick-handling and avoidance of opponents, so as to waste time: players ragged the puck in mid-ice to kill off penalties

noun [mass noun, usually as modifier] British

1A programme of stunts, parades, and other entertainments organized by students to raise money for charity: rag week...

Police have given permission for the march to take place although refused to let it begin from York Minster because of the University's student rag week.
For the past eight decades or so, the Union has been housed in its distinctive premises at the bottom of University Avenue, regularly stormed by rival Strathclyde students on rag days.
It made me laugh, even though it had a kind of amateur, student rag week kind of feel to it.

Synonyms

fundraising event, charity event, charitable event, collection

1.1 [count noun] informal, dated A boisterous prank or practical joke: the college is preparing for a good old rag tonight

Phrasal verbs

rag on

Origin

Mid 18th century: of unknown origin.

rag3

/raɡ

noun

1A large coarse roofing slate.

2 (also ragstone) [mass noun] British A hard, coarse sedimentary rock that can be broken into thick slabs.Following the defences round, Roman remains, comprising the typical red tile and ragstone, can be seen at Cooper's Row and about 45 m. north of Tower Hill underground station....

Ahead of us, now, we can see what appears to be a large country house, built of grey ragstone and surrounded by smooth green lawns with the loch lapping at a small pontoon.

Origin

Late Middle English (in (sense 2)): of unknown origin; later associated with rag¹.

rag4

/raɡ

noun

A ragtime composition or tune.Composed rags were widely published and became extremely popular among white amateur pianists, though it is likely that the black creators of ragtime would have played in a much freer manner than the written music suggests....

It is based on traditions of rag music and social protest lyrics.
It definitely puts his performances of Scott Joplin's rags in a different light!

Origin

Late 19th century: perhaps from ragged; compare with ragtime.

rag5

/rɑːɡ

noun

Variant of raga.

单词	rag
释义	rag1 /raɡ / noun 1A piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things: he wiped his hands on an oily rag [mass noun]: a piece of rag... It hadn't taken Lee long to come back with a clean wet cloth before the cold rag was pressed to Kris' scalp. He leaned down to gather clean water in the rag for rinsing, running the cloth over the same areas. Quickly, he ran to grab some rags to clean up, shaking his head - he knew he'd ruined his chance. Synonyms piece of cloth, bit/scrap/fragment of cloth, cloth North American informal schmatte archaic clout 1.1 (rags) Old or tattered clothes: street urchins dressed in rags... In rags she huddled in the corner of her dank cell. You could see the homeless on the streets, in their tattered rags and scraps of what were once new, clean clothes; they were all begging. There's one guy who gets on the tube with an accordion, while his son, in tattered rags, goes up and down the aisles with a Pringles can to collect spare change. Synonyms tattered clothes, torn clothing, tatters, old clothes, cast-offs, hand-me-downs 1.2 [with negative] archaic The smallest scrap of cloth or clothing: not a rag of clothing has arrived to us this winter 2 informal A newspaper, typically one regarded as being of low quality: the local rag... Take the business of this newspaper, the rag that backed the rebel faction, and that was closed down for 60 days last month. I'm a health care reporter for our local rag. How did she work as a promising and up-rising journalist at one of the country's most popular tabloid rags? 3 rare A herd of colts: a rag of colts roamed the moorland... A rag of colts will overrun the streets as the riding center launches a public art exhibition of life-size horses painted by artists. verb (rags, ragging, ragged) [with object] 1Give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag: the background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below... Here he expanded his skills to include marbling, dragging and ragging techniques. 1.1Apply (paint) to a surface with a rag.Paint can be textured or distressed, ragged or rolled. Phrases be on the rag lose one's rag (from) rags to riches Origin Middle English: probably a back-formation from ragged or raggy. A Scandinavian word for ‘tufted’ probably lies behind rag. In lose your rag (early 20th century) ‘to lose your temper’, rag is probably an old slang term for the tongue—the phrase was originally get your rag out. This sense of rag may well be behind the student rag or prank, found from the early 19th century, and the dated verb meaning ‘to tease, play a joke on’. From rags to riches describes someone's rise from a state of extreme poverty to great wealth, as in a fairytale like Cinderella. The concept is ancient, but the phrase was not recorded until the late 19th century, when a play called From Rags to Riches was mentioned in a US newspaper. A group of people regarded as disreputable or undesirable may be described as ragtag and bobtail. Bobtail (early 17th century) was an established term for a horse or dog with a docked tail, but rag and tag (LME of unknown origin) were separate words conveying the same meaning of ‘tattered or ragged clothes’. Putting them together gives you the literal sense of ‘people in ragged clothes together with their dogs and horses’. In one traditional folk song a lady leaves her house, land, and ‘new-wedded lord’ to run away with ‘the raggle-taggle gypsies’. Raggle-taggle (late 19th century) here is an elaboration of ragtag. Similarly ragamuffin is probably an elaboration of rag. The word is found once c.1400 as the name of a devil, but then not until 1586. The 1990s term ragga for a style of dance music is taken from ragamuffin, because of the style of clothing worn by its fans. Rug (mid 16th century), once a name for a type of coarse woollen cloth, is probably from the same root. The sense ‘small carpet’ dates from the early 19th century. So too is rugged (Middle English). ‘Shaggy’ was an early sense of rugged as was ‘rough-coated’ (in descriptions of horses). Rhymes bag, blag, brag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag rag2 /raɡ / verb (rags, ragging, ragged) [with object] 1Make fun of (someone) in a boisterous manner: he ragged me about not smoking or drinking despite the way I sometimes rag her, she is my sister... The lads were ragging me about that, declaring I had lost my touch, he laughed. Hey, I'm not ragging you guys, it's nice to know someone actually reads my stuff… I apologize to Mr. Russell for ragging him but that's what happens when you have a rock garden named after you. 2Rebuke severely: I ragged a restaurant last week for mangling Key lime pie... If any male relative comes to the village after sunset, the women rag him and sometimes beat him up. 3 Ice Hockey Keep possession of (the puck) by skilful stick-handling and avoidance of opponents, so as to waste time: players ragged the puck in mid-ice to kill off penalties noun [mass noun, usually as modifier] British 1A programme of stunts, parades, and other entertainments organized by students to raise money for charity: rag week... Police have given permission for the march to take place although refused to let it begin from York Minster because of the University's student rag week. For the past eight decades or so, the Union has been housed in its distinctive premises at the bottom of University Avenue, regularly stormed by rival Strathclyde students on rag days. It made me laugh, even though it had a kind of amateur, student rag week kind of feel to it. Synonyms fundraising event, charity event, charitable event, collection 1.1 [count noun] informal, dated A boisterous prank or practical joke: the college is preparing for a good old rag tonight Phrasal verbs rag on Origin Mid 18th century: of unknown origin. rag3 /raɡ / noun 1A large coarse roofing slate. 2 (also ragstone) [mass noun] British A hard, coarse sedimentary rock that can be broken into thick slabs.Following the defences round, Roman remains, comprising the typical red tile and ragstone, can be seen at Cooper's Row and about 45 m. north of Tower Hill underground station.... Ahead of us, now, we can see what appears to be a large country house, built of grey ragstone and surrounded by smooth green lawns with the loch lapping at a small pontoon. Origin Late Middle English (in (sense 2)): of unknown origin; later associated with rag¹. rag4 /raɡ / noun A ragtime composition or tune.Composed rags were widely published and became extremely popular among white amateur pianists, though it is likely that the black creators of ragtime would have played in a much freer manner than the written music suggests.... It is based on traditions of rag music and social protest lyrics. It definitely puts his performances of Scott Joplin's rags in a different light! Origin Late 19th century: perhaps from ragged; compare with ragtime. rag5 /rɑːɡ / noun Variant of raga.
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