| 单词 | ragged |
| 释义 | ragged (once / 484 pages) adj Something that's ragged is starting to fall apart. When your favorite sweater is getting ragged, it's so worn that the sleeves are fraying. You'll often see ragged describing clothing or a person's tendency to dress in torn, ratty clothes. Your grandmother might talk about the ragged little boy in her neighborhood, who always wears a dirty t-shirt and jeans with holes in the knees. You might put on your comfortable sweatpants only to realize they've gotten a little ragged, frayed around the waistband. WORD FAMILYragged: raggeder, raggedest, raggedly, raggedness+/rag: ragged, ragging, rags USAGE EXAMPLESThe vets believe this casing’s ragged contours scraped along the edges of Wallis’ wound, preventing it from healing until the foreign object was expelled. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) The Impact were oddly ragged for a team that was unchanged for the 11th game in succession. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) Even in possession, which Warburton emphasises, they were ragged and uncertain. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) 1adj being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's a ragged tramp Syn worn affected by wear; damaged by long use 2adj worn out from stress or strain run ragged Syn tired depleted of strength or energy 3adj having an irregular outline text set with ragged right margins herded the class into a ragged line Syn uneven not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture |
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