rag
- n.抹布;破布;小报;雷格泰姆乐曲;慈善募捐活动;质量低劣的报纸
- vt.嘲笑;捉弄
复数： rags 过去式： ragged 现在分词： ragging 过去分词： ragged 第三人称单数： rags
ragnoun
抹布；破布
a piece of old, often torn, cloth used especially for cleaning things
质量低劣的报纸；小报
a newspaper that you believe to be of low quality
the local rag
地方小报
雷格泰姆乐曲
a piece of ragtime music
（学生每年组织的）慈善募捐活动
an event or a series of events organized by students each year to raise money for charity
rag week
学生募捐周
wearing very old torn clothes
孩子们穿着破衣烂衫。
The children were dressed in rags.
from being extremely poor to being very rich
穷人发迹史
a rags-to-riches story
Hers was a classic tale of rags to riches.
她的经历是从赤贫到富有的一个典型例子。
to get angry
something that is likely to make sb very angry
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N-VAR 抹布；破布；碎布
A rag is a piece of old cloth which you can use to clean or wipe things.He was wiping his hands on an oily rag.
他正在用一块满是油污的破布擦手。
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N-PLURAL 破旧衣服；破烂衣裳
Rags are old torn clothes.There were men, women and small children, some dressed in rags.
有男人、女人和小孩，其中一些人衣衫褴褛。
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N-COUNT （格调低下的）报纸，小报
People refer to a newspaper as a rag when they have a poor opinion of it.'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。
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VERB 嘲弄；拿…开玩笑；对…恶作剧
To rag someone means to make fun of them in an unkind way.She was about thirty, ten years older than the youngsters ragging her.
她大概有30岁，比那些嘲弄她的年轻人大10岁。
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PHRASE 突然生气；勃然大怒
If you lose your rag, you suddenly become so angry that you are not in control of yourself.I've only once seen him lose his rag.
我只见他发过一次脾气。
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PHRASE 从赤贫到巨富;白手起家
You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that.
他白手起家，人们对他都很钦佩。
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PHRASE 激怒人的东西
If you describe something as a red rag to a bull, you mean that it is certain to make a particular person or group very angry.This sort of information is like a red rag to a bull for the tobacco companies.
烟草公司知道了这种消息一定会大怒。
noun
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- a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
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- a small piece of cloth or paper
- Synonym: shred tag tag end tatter
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- newspaper with half-size pages
- Synonym: tabloid sheet
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- music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
- Synonym: ragtime
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- a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
- Synonym: rag week
verb
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- break into lumps before sorting
- rag ore
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- censure severely or angrily
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- Synonym: 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
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- harass with persistent criticism or carping
- The children teased the new teacher
- Don't ride me so hard over my failure
- His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
- Synonym: tease razz cod tantalize tantalise bait taunt twit rally ride
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- play in ragtime
- rag that old tune
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- cause annoyance in;disturb, especially by minor irritations
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
- It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
- Synonym: annoy get to bother get at irritate rile nark nettle gravel vex chafe devil
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- treat cruelly
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- Synonym: torment bedevil crucify dun frustrate
数据来源：WordNet
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He plugged the hole in the pipe with an old rag .
他用一块旧破布把管子上的那个洞塞住了。
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It looked like a piece of rag .
它看上去像块破布。
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I could hear the sound of his ragged breathing .
我能够听到他那急促的呼吸声。
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Their performance was still very ragged .
他们的表演仍然很粗糙。
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He held the dirty rag at arm 's length .
他拎着脏抹布，身子离得远远的。
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The children were dressed in rags .
孩子们穿着破衣烂衫。
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Hers was a classic tale of rags to riches .
她的经历是从赤贫到富有的一个典型例子。
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' 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。
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O'Brien formed the men into a ragged line .
奥布赖恩让那些人排成了参差不齐的一列。
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There were men , women and small children , some dressed in rags .
有男人、女人和小孩，其中一些人衣衫褴褛。
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She could hear his ragged breathing , as if he had been running
她能听到他不均匀的呼吸声，似乎他是跑着过来的。
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One prisoner set fire to rags and hurled them into the courtyard
一名囚犯将破布点着，扔进院子。
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This sort of information is like a red rag to a bull for the tobacco companies .
烟草公司知道了这种消息一定会大怒。
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I 've only once seen him lose his rag .
我只见他发过一次脾气。
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The rag trade is extremely competitive , and one needs plenty of contacts in order to survive .
成衣业的竞争极为激烈，其从业者要想站住脚，就要有许多关系。
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They 'd send me here , there and everywhere and I 'd run myself ragged and get no place
他们让我到这儿、到那儿，哪儿都跑遍了，我累得筋疲力尽却没有任何进展。
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The five survivors eventually reached safety , ragged , half-starved and exhausted .
5位幸存者最终到达安全之地时已经衣衫褴褛、饥肠辘辘、精疲力尽。
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In the corridor were four dirty , ragged bundles , just identifiable as human beings
走廊里有4团脏兮兮、破破烂烂的东西，依稀可辨是人。
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She was about thirty , ten years older than the youngsters ragging her .
她大概有30岁，比那些嘲弄她的年轻人大10岁。
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Spain ran England ragged early on but goalkeeper Ian Walker proved a formidable barrier .
西班牙队先是猛烈进攻，使英格兰队疲于奔命，但守门员伊恩·沃克防守甚严。
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She 'd managed to strip the bloodied rags away from Nellie 's body .
她已经设法将内利身上沾满血污的破烂衣衫脱掉了。
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He was wiping his hands on an oily rag
他在用一块油乎乎的抹布擦手。
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The multicoloured rag rug was chosen to liven up the grey carpet
选择这块五彩缤纷的碎呢小毯是为了给这灰色的地毯添些生气。
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Ragged fingernails raked her skin
粗糙的指甲划过她的皮肤。
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The man went from rags to riches in a short period of about five years .
在短短的大约5年时间内，那个人就由贫致富。
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The meat was cooked to rags [ a pulp ] .
肉煮得稀烂。
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I saw them sitting round the fire , chewing the rag .
我看见他们坐在火炉旁聊天呢。
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On the birthday party , she wore glad rags .
在生日晚会上，她穿上了漂亮的衣服。
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It 's just an old rag I had in the closet .
这只不过是我挂在壁橱里的一件旧衣服罢了。
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The girl wore glad rags on her birthday .
那姑娘过生日那天穿上了漂亮的衣服。
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