| 单词 | rag |
| 释义 | rag (once / 246 pages) 1n 2vn 3nv 4v 5n A torn bit of old fabric is a rag. You might use a rag to dust the bookshelf or scrub the bathtub, but you wouldn't want to wear one. If your clothes are torn and dirty, they're also rags, and from the sense of "worthless scrap," trashy or low quality newspapers have also long been called rags. A rag is also a somewhat annoying joke, and to rag someone is to annoy or harass them. The phrase "from rags to riches" describes a classic and deeply satisfying storyline: the tale of a poor person who becomes gloriously rich. WORD FAMILYrag: ragged, ragging, rags+/ragged: raggeder, raggedest, raggedly, raggedness USAGE EXAMPLESNow it’s your turn to rag on the other party’s leadership every day, hour or minute. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Beneath the steel sink and commode, I keep a bath towel spread open across the floor, which I use as a floor rag. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) Also on the bill is the lighter side of Graham, with her upbeat last work, “Maple Leaf Rag,” plus two Center for the Arts premieres. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n a small piece of cloth or paper Syn|Hypo|Hyper shred, tag, tag end, tatter pine-tar rag baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip piece of cloth, piece of material a separate part consisting of fabric 2n newspaper with half-size pages 2Syn|Hyper sheet, tabloid newspaper, paper a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements 1v treat cruelly Syn|Hypo|Hyper bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, torment madden drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves hamstringmake ineffective or powerless badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, teaseannoy persistently oppress, persecutecause to suffer purgeoust politically beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke annoy continually or chronically 2v censure severely or angrily The deputy ragged the Prime Minister Syn|Hypo|Hyper bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce, vituperate castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate censure severely brush down, tell offreprimand flamecriticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws 3v harass with persistent criticism or carping Syn|Hypo|Hyper bait, cod, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff laugh at with contempt and derision banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kidbe silly or tease one another bemock, mock treat with contempt 4v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations Syn|Hypo|Hyper annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rile, vex chafe feel extreme irritation or anger get, get under one's skin irritate eat into, fret, grate, ranklegnaw into; make resentful or angry peevecause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful ruffletrouble or vex fretcause annoyance in beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provokeannoy continually or chronically antagonise, antagonizeprovoke the hostility of goad, needlegoad or provoke,as by constant criticism bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, tormenttreat cruelly hazeharass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions displease give displeasure to 5n a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) 3Hyper practical joke a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish) 1n music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) Syn|Hyper ragtime dance music music to dance to 2v play in ragtime 4rag that old tune Hyper play, spiel replay (as a melody) v break into lumps before sorting 5rag ore Hyper break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize break or cause to break into pieces n a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities Syn|Hyper rag week hebdomad, week any period of seven consecutive days |
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