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单词 ragged
释义 rag·ged
\ˈragə̇d\ adjective
(sometimes -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from ragge rag + -ed
1. : roughly unkempt : shaggy
 < ragged sheep — John Dryden >
 < ragged rust-colored hair — Willa Cather >
2.
 a. : having an irregular edge or broken outline : having sharp indentations, notches, or projections : jagged
  < a ragged wound >
  < a ragged … shoreline — American Guide Series: Virginia >
  < a ragged edge of corrugated iron — B.J.Haimes >
  < almost choked … on a ragged bone — D.C.Allen >
 b. : raguly
 c. : not flush : not justified : uneven — used of the ends of lines of text in printing
  < set left-hand margins flush, right-hand margins ragged >
3.
 a. : torn or worn to tatters : having the texture broken : tattered, frayed
  < a ragged flag >
  < a ragged sail >
  < discarded and ragged garments — Jack London >
 b. : almost exhausted from stress and strain : worn out
  < drove us ragged with questions that revealed the most fantastically confused sources of information — Verna C. Millan >
  — compare run ragged
4. : wearing tattered clothes
 < men ragged as the tramps, but going back to cold houses — Josephine Johnson >
5.
 a. : irregularly strung out : straggly
  < a ragged grove of palms — T.E.Lawrence >
 b. : executed or performed in an irregular, uneven, or uncoordinated manner : unpolished
  < a rambling, ragged … book — Times Literary Supplement >
  < send up a ragged cheer — Arnold Hill >
  < ragged play on defense — New York Times >
 c. of a sound : harsh, dissonant
  < a voice ragged with anxiety — Alan Sullivan >
  < the engine sounded ragged — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker >

- on the ragged edge
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