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ragged edge

褴褛的边缘,褴褛边缘,褴褛的边沿,褴褛的边际

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the brink, as of a cliff.
    • : any extreme edge; verge.

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Examples

  • Even though another ragged edge of a flower appears to vanish every time I check, the stems, now more pronounced, give the impression of growing because they lean toward each other.

  • On a breezy February afternoon at the ragged edge of rapidly gentrifying downtown Los Angeles, hipsters walk toy dogs along Pico Boulevard.

  • Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.

  • French officials were already on edge after a series of apparently unconnected attacks, including the stabbing of police officers.

  • The rage that Marvin has embodied, a man on the edge of eruption, is always a badly wounded man.

  • Marvin hops over the edge of his retaining wall, which he built.

  • Another man chimes in: “Today we are living at the edge of suffering.”

  • After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.

  • He was hurrying towards the corner of the palace grounds when a shriek from Winifred set his teeth on edge.

  • The first man my eyes lighted upon as I stepped inside was MacRae, humped disconsolately on the edge of a bunk.

  • Squinty turned around, standing on the edge of the little brook, and waited, his heart beating faster and faster.

  • Feeling sixteen and very foolish, she sank to the edge of a chair and muttered something about the charm of the room.