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单词 raw
释义

raw

adjective
 
/rɔː/
/rɔː/
Idioms
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    food

  1.  
    not cooked
    • raw meat
    • raw eggs/vegetables
    • These fish are often eaten raw.
    • The tigers were fed raw chicken bones.
  2. materials

  3.  
    [usually before noun] in its natural state; not yet changed, used or made into something else
    • raw sewage
    • raw sugar/milk/cotton
    • Iron ore is the main raw ingredient in steel.
  4. information

  5. [usually before noun] not yet organized into a form in which it can be easily used or understood
    • This information is only raw data and will need further analysis.
  6. emotions/qualities

  7. [usually before noun] powerful and natural; not trained or showing control
    • songs full of raw emotion
    • the raw power of imagination
    • He started with nothing but raw talent and determination.
  8. part of body

  9. red and painful because the skin has been damaged
    • There were raw patches on her feet where the shoes had rubbed.
    • His throat was raw and painful.
    • The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw.
    Synonyms painfulpainful
    • sore
    • raw
    • inflamed
    • excruciating
    • burning
    • itchy
    These words all describe something that causes you physical pain.
    • painful causing you physical pain. Painful can describe a part of the body, illness, injury, treatment or death: Is your knee still painful?a series of painful injectionsa slow and painful death
    • sore (of a part of the body) painful and often red, especially because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much:
      • a sore throat
      • Their feet were sore after hours of walking.
    • raw (of a part of the body) red and painful, for example because of an infection or because the skin has been damaged:
      • The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw.
    • inflamed (of a part of the body) painful, red and hot because of an infection or injury:
      • The wound had become inflamed.
    • excruciating extremely painful. Excruciating can describe feelings, treatments or death but not parts of the body: an excruciating throat/​back/​knee.
    • burning painful and giving a feeling of being very hot:
      • She felt a burning sensation in her throat.
    • itchy giving an uncomfortable feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch; having this feeling:
      • an itchy rash
      • I feel itchy all over.
    Patterns
    • sore/​inflamed/​itchy eyes
    • raw/​inflamed/​itchy skin
    • a painful/​an excruciating death
    • a painful/​burning sensation
    • excruciating/​burning pain
  10. person

  11. [usually before noun] new to a job or an activity and therefore without experience or skill
    • a raw beginner
    • raw recruits (= for example, in the army)
  12. weather

  13. very cold
    • a raw north wind
    • It had been a wet, raw winter.
  14. description

  15. honest, direct and sometimes shocking
    • a raw portrayal of working-class life
    • (North American English) raw language (= containing many sexual details)
  16. Word OriginOld English hrēaw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rauw and German roh, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kreas ‘raw flesh’.
Idioms
a raw deal
  1. the fact of somebody being treated unfairly
    • Older workers often get a raw deal.

raw

noun
/rɔː/
/rɔː/
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catch/touch somebody on the raw
  1. (British English) to upset somebody by reminding them of something they are particularly sensitive about
hit/touch/strike a (raw/sensitive) nerve
  1. to mention a subject that makes somebody feel angry, upset, embarrassed, etc.
    • You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife.
    • My remarks about divorce had unwittingly touched a raw nerve.
    • The article struck a raw nerve as it revived unpleasant memories.
    Topics Feelingsc2
in the raw
  1. in a way that does not hide the unpleasant aspects of something
    • He spent a couple of months on the streets to experience life in the raw.
  2. (especially North American English) with no clothes on synonym naked
    • He likes to walk around the house in the raw.
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