单词 | raw |
释义 | raw adj. & n. --adj   1. (of food) uncooked.   2. in the natural state; not processed or manufactured (raw sewage).   3. (of alcoholic spirit) undiluted.   4. (of statistics etc.) not analysed or processed.   5. (of a person) inexperienced, untrained; new to an activity (raw recruits).   6. a stripped of skin; having the flesh exposed. b sensitive to the touch from having the flesh exposed.   7. (of the atmosphere, day, etc.) chilly and damp.   8. crude in artistic quality; lacking finish.   9. (of the edge of cloth) without hem or selvage.   10. (of silk) as reeled from cocoons.   11. (of grain) unmalted. --n a raw place on a person's or horse's body. Phrases and idioms come the raw prawn Austral. sl. attempt to deceive. in the raw   1. in its natural state without mitigation (life in the raw).   2. naked. raw-boned gaunt and bony. raw deal harsh or unfair treatment. raw material that from which the process of manufacture makes products. raw sienna a brownish-yellow ferruginous earth used as a pigment. raw umber umber in its natural state, dark yellow in colour. touch on the raw upset (a person) on a sensitive matter. Derivatives rawish adj. rawly adv. rawness n. Etymology: OE hreaw f. Gmc |
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