| 单词 | rag |
| 释义 | rag rag1 /rag/, n. 1. a worthless piece of cloth, esp. one that is torn or worn. 2. rags, ragged or tattered clothing: The tramp was dressed in rags. 3. any article of apparel regarded deprecatingly or self-deprecatingly, esp. a dress: It's just an old rag I had in the closet. 4. a shred, scrap, or fragmentary bit of anything. 5. Informal. a. something of very low value or in very poor condition. b. a newspaper or magazine regarded with contempt or distaste: Are you still subscribing to that rag? 6. a person of shabby or exhausted appearance. 7. a large roofing slate that has one edge untrimmed. 8. chew the rag. See chew (def. 9). 9. from rags to riches, from extreme poverty to great wealth: He went from rags to riches in only three years. [1275-1325; ME ragge < Scand; cf. Norw, Sw ragg coarse hair < ON rogg] rag2 /rag/, v. , ragged, ragging, n. Informal. v.t. 1. to scold. 2. to subject to a teasing, esp. in an intense or prolonged way (often fol. by on): Some of the boys were ragging on him about his haircut. 3. Brit. to torment with jokes; play crude practical jokes on. n. 4. Brit. an act of ragging. [1790-1800; orig. uncert.] rag3 /rag/, v.t., ragged, ragging. to break up (lumps of ore) for sorting. [1870-75; orig. uncert.] rag4 /rag/, n. , v. , ragged, ragging. n. 1. a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag. v.t. 2. to play (music) in ragtime. [1895-1900; shortened form of RAGTIME] |
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