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rag

/rag/US // ræg //UK // (ræɡ) //

抹布,褴褛,碎布,破烂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
    • : rags, ragged or tattered clothing: The tramp was dressed in rags.
    • : any article of apparel regarded deprecatingly or self-deprecatingly, especially a dress: It's just an old rag I had in the closet.
    • : a shred, scrap, or fragmentary bit of anything.
    • : Informal. something of very low value or in very poor condition.a newspaper or magazine regarded with contempt or distaste: Are you still subscribing to that rag?
    • : a person of shabby or exhausted appearance.
    • : a large roofing slate that has one edge untrimmed.

Phrases

  • rag doll
  • chew the fat (rag)
  • from rags to riches
  • glad rags
  • run ragged

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • To refresh them, spray some bike degreaser on the tape or grips and wipe everything down thoroughly with a clean sponge or rag.

  • At the end, they left with four bottles of cooking oil and a cleaning rag.

  • The rags to riches stories that define many players’ entry to elite sport can all too frequently play out in reverse when they leave it.

  • Use a rag lightly dampened with degreaser followed by a rag dampened with rubbing alcohol to strip any residue left on the surface.

  • My buff, for example, worked as a neck warmer, face mask, headband and rag — for wiping grease or sunscreen off my hands.

  • Then Ziegler tosses the buff LaBeouf around like a rag doll.

  • Plus the notion of the poor little guy surrounded by a rag-tag pack of true believers is an American favorite.

  • He stuck the barrel of the gun out his window and started wiping it down with a rag.

  • In 1992, she was spotted by Sassy magazine, and became a model/intern for the fashion rag.

  • You should be so proud of yourself working for an illegitimate rag like the Daily Beast.

  • The early pump had rag balls, in keeping with the mechanical ignorance of the time, and suitable to man's power.

  • The large size of the rag-wheel gave the rapidly revolving chain and balls a great speed.

  • Strain the mixture through a linen rag several times; adding, at the last operation, two ounces of bear's grease.

  • Away off the bed, over the bright rag carpet, and past the red fire, safely and swiftly they trotted.

  • It is a common practice in erecting buildings with a facing of Kentish rag rubble to back up the stonework with bricks.