rags
n. 破舊衣服; 破布( rag的名詞複數 ); 碎布; 破舊衣服; (質量差的)報紙
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.
他正在用一塊滿是油汙的破布擦手。
...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,其中一些人衣衫襤褸。
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.
“這個叫湯姆的人在一家地方小報社工作,”他說。
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歲,比那些嘲弄她的年輕人大10歲。
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.
我只見他發過一次脾氣。
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,人們對他都很欽佩。
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.
菸草公司知道了這種訊息一定會大怒。
His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that.
他白手起家,人們對他都很欽佩。
She'd managed to strip the bloodied rags away from Nellie's body.
她已經設法將內利身上沾滿血汙的破爛衣衫脫掉了。
skeletal figures dressed in rags
衣衫襤褸、骨瘦如柴的人
He went from rags to riches in only three years.
他僅用了三年就從赤貧變成了鉅富.
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爛衣衫變成了一件漂亮的長外衣.