rags

英 [ræɡz]

美 [ræɡz]

n.  抹布; 破布; 质量低劣的报纸; 小报; 雷格泰姆乐曲
v.  嘲笑; 捉弄
rag的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 抹布；破布；碎布
  Aragis a piece of old cloth which you can use to clean or wipe things.
  1. He was wiping his hands on an oily rag.
     他正在用一块满是油污的破布擦手。
  2. ...a bundle of old rags...
     一捆破布
  3. It looked like a piece of rag.
     它看上去像块破布。
• N-PLURAL 破旧衣服；破烂衣裳
  Ragsare old torn clothes.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT （格调低下的）报纸，小报
  People refer to a newspaper as aragwhen they have a poor opinion of it.
  1. '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。
• VERB 嘲弄；拿…开玩笑；对…恶作剧
  Toragsomeone means to make fun of them in an unkind way.
  1. 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。
• See also:ragged
• PHRASE 突然生气；勃然大怒
  If youloseyourrag, you suddenly become so angry that you are not in control of yourself.
  1. I've only once seen him lose his rag.
     我只见他发过一次脾气。
• PHRASE 从赤贫到巨富;白手起家
  You userags to richesto describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
  1. His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that.
     他白手起家，人们对他都很钦佩。
• PHRASE 激怒人的东西
  If you describe something asa red rag to a bull, you mean that it is certain to make a particular person or group very angry.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• You'd better put on your glad rags for dinner with the boss!
  你最好穿上你最考究的衣服去和老板共进晚餐。
• 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。
• 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。
• I keep these rags for cleaning the car.
  我把这些破布留着擦车用。
• On the birthday party, she wore glad rags.
  在生日晚会上，她穿上了漂亮的衣服。
• If I should turn myself inside out, my rags and meanness would indeed appear.
  要是我把自己的内里翻出来，我的破烂和卑鄙就真要献丑了。
• Roll don't return, I am not accept rags.
  滚了就别归来，我不是收褴褛的。
• I just want to wash out one or two rags.
  我正想洗出一两块抹布。
• His clothes were in rags.
  他的衣服是衣衫褴褛。
• Gimme the rags; I can do it myself.
  把布条给我，我自己能包扎。