rag
noun /ræɡ/
/ræɡ/
Idioms - [countable, uncountable] a piece of old, often torn, cloth used especially for cleaning things
抹布；破布 - I wiped the window with a damp rag.
我用湿抹布擦窗户。 - Use a piece of old rag.
用一块旧抹布。
Topics Clothes and Fashionc1- He wiped his hands on an oily rag.
他在油腻的抹布上擦了擦手。 - The gun was wrapped in a dirty rag.
枪用一块脏布包着。 - You can wipe the stains off with a rag.
你可以用抹布把这些污迹擦掉。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- dirty
- filthy
- …
- bundle
- heap
- pile
- …
- be dressed in
- wear
- be wrapped in
- …
- on a/the rag
- with a rag
- I wiped the window with a damp rag.
- [countable] (informal, usually disapproving) a newspaper that you believe to be of low quality
质量低劣的报纸；小报 - the local rag
地方小报 - I don't know how you can bear to read that awful rag!
我不知道你怎么能忍受读那篇糟糕的文章！
- the local rag
- [countable] a piece of ragtime music
雷格泰姆乐曲 - [uncountable, countable] (British English) an event or a series of events organized by students each year to raise money for charity
（学生每年组织的）慈善募捐活动 - rag week
学生募捐周
- rag week
词源noun senses 1 to 2 Middle English: probably a back-formation from ragged or raggy ‘ragged’. noun sense 4 mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin. noun sense 3 late 19th cent.: perhaps from ragged; compare with ragtime.
Idioms
in rags
- wearing very old torn clothes
衣衫褴褛；穿得破旧 - The children were dressed in rags.
孩子们穿着破衣烂衫。 - I saw people dressed in rags begging on the street.
我看见衣衫褴褛的人在街上乞讨。
- The children were dressed in rags.
lose your rag
- (British English, informal) to get angry
发怒；生气
(from) rags to riches
- from being extremely poor to being very rich
从赤贫到巨富 - a rags-to-riches story
穷人发迹史 - 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。
- a rags-to-riches story
a red rag to a bull (British English)
(US English like waving a red flag in front of a bull)
- something that is likely to make somebody very angry
斗牛的红布；激起人怒火的事物