rags
n. 破旧衣服; 破布( rag的名词复数 ); 碎布; 破旧衣服; (质量差的)报纸
A rag is a piece of old cloth which you can use to clean or wipe things.
He was wiping his hands on an oily rag.
他正在用一块满是油污的破布擦手。
...a bundle of old rags...
一捆破布
Rags are old torn clothes.
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。
People refer to a newspaper as a rag when they have a poor opinion of it.
'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。
To rag someone means to make fun of them in an unkind way.
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。
If you lose your rag, you suddenly become so angry that you are not in control of yourself.
I've only once seen him lose his rag.
我只见他发过一次脾气。
You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that.
他白手起家,人们对他都很钦佩。
If you describe something as a red rag to a bull, you mean that it is certain to make a particular person or group very angry.
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。
His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that.
他白手起家,人们对他都很钦佩。
She'd managed to strip the bloodied rags away from Nellie's body.
她已经设法将内利身上沾满血污的破烂衣衫脱掉了。
skeletal figures dressed in rags
衣衫褴褛、骨瘦如柴的人
He went from rags to riches in only three years.
他仅用了三年就从赤贫变成了巨富.
The fairy godmother's magic charm turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown.
神仙教母的魔法使灰姑娘的破烂衣衫变成了一件漂亮的长外衣.