rag
- IPA[raɡ]
英式
- a piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things；old or tattered clothes
- give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag；apply (paint) to a surface with a rag.
noun: rag, plural noun: rags
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things he wiped his hands on an oily rag a piece of rag 同義詞
- ▪ old or tattered clothes street urchins dressed in rags 同義詞
- ▪ archaic the smallest scrap of cloth or clothing not a rag of clothing has arrived to us this winter
- 2. informal a newspaper, typically one regarded as being of low quality the local rag
- 3. rare a herd of colts a rag of colts roamed the moorland
動詞
- 1. give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag the background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below
- ▪ apply (paint) to a surface with a rag.
