rag

[ræg]

n.破布, 碎布, 破衣服, （低劣的）报纸
n.恶作剧
n.石板瓦,坚硬的石灰岩
n.散拍乐曲
vt.嘲笑, 戏弄

n.

1. 破布, 碎布; 抹布; 造纸的破布料[C][U]

He cleaned the car with an oily rag.

他用一块沾满油污的破布擦汽车。

2. 碎片, 残片; 少量, 丁点儿[S][(+of)]

There is not a rag of evidence.

一点证据也没有。

There is not a rag to cover him.

他赤身裸体。

3. 破烂衣衫[P1]

The beggar was dressed in rags.

这个乞丐穿着破衣烂衫。

4. 【俚】【贬】无价值的东西; 小报; 纸币, 钞票[C]

Why are you reading that rag?

你怎么看那种无聊的小报?

词形变化

动词过去式: ragged | 动词过去分词: ragged | 动词现在分词: ragging | 动词第三人称单数: rags |

词义辨析

同义:

n.毛边, 碎布

rag clothing  old clothes

n.碎片, 断片

scrap  fragment  remnant  bit  piece  

英英释义

名词 rag:

a small piece of cloth or paper

同义词：shred, tag, tag end, tatter

a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities

同义词：rag week

music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)

同义词：ragtime

newspaper with half-size pages

同义词：tabloid, sheet

a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

动词 rag:

treat cruelly

同义词：torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

同义词：annoy, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil

play in ragtime

harass with persistent criticism or carping

同义词：tease, razz, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride

censure severely or angrily

同义词：call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast

break into lumps before sorting

短语词组

from rags to riches

1. 由穷致富

The story is about a young girl from the country who went from rags to riches.

故事讲的是一个乡下姑娘白手起家由穷致富的经历。

补充

ragrag[ræɡ]n.1.破布, 碎布The highest quality paper is made mostly from rags.上好的纸多半是用破布制造的。2.破旧衣服3.(质量差的)报纸I don't like the local rag.我不喜欢本地报纸。

例句

1. He wiped his hands on a rag.他用一块破布擦了手。 2. The sky was a delicate blue streaming with rags of crisp clean cloud.湛蓝的天空散布着缕缕光洁如洗的白云。 3. 'This man Tom works for a local rag,' he said.“这个叫汤姆的人在一家地方小报社工作。”他说。 4. Magnus helped me on with my old rag of a coat.马格努斯帮我披上了旧外套。 5. I've only once seen him lose his rag.他大发脾气我只见过一次。 6. This sort of information is like a red rag to a bull for the tobacco companies.这类消息会让烟草公司大怒。 7. She was about thirty, ten years older than the youngsters ragging her.她三十岁左右, 比那些拿她开涮的年轻人大十岁。 8. They ragged him about his new girlfriend.他们拿他换了女朋友的事儿戏弄他。 9. That's how they spend their free time, ragging one another and everyone else.他们的空余时间全用在捉弄彼此和其他人上面。 10. She is always ragging Tom about his stammer.她总是拿汤姆的口吃开玩笑。 11. he wiped his hands on an oily rag.他在一块油污布上擦了擦手。 12. [mass noun]a piece of rag.一块抹布。 13. she clung to the rags of her self-control.她守着仅剩的一点自制力。 14. not a rag of clothing has arrived to us this winter.今年冬季到目前为止我们还没收到一点衣物。 15. the local rag.本地的蹩脚报纸。 16. it was the old rags-to-riches fantasy.那是一夜成巨富的古老幻想。 17. rag week.狂欢周。 18. She used a rag to mop up the spill.她用抹布擦干溢出物。 19. I tore the old towel into rags.我把旧毛巾撕成了几条抹布。 20. expensive French rags昂贵的法国服装 21. He threw away a bunch of old rags.他扔掉了一堆破衣服。 22. a homeless person wearing rags = a homeless person (dressed) in rags衣衫褴褛、无家可归的人 23. He's a writer for our local rag.他为我们当地的小报撰稿。 24. a piano rag雷格泰姆钢琴曲 25. She went from rags to riches overnight.她一夜之间从赤贫变成巨富。 26. "The other kids ragged [=teased, razzed] him for having a crush on the teacher."其他孩子都取笑他迷上了那位老师。 27. The other kids were always ragging on me because I wasn't good at sports.因为体育不好，其他孩子总是嘲笑我。