rag
Từ điển Collocation
rag noun
ADJ. clean | dirty, filthy, oily, old | bloodstained
QUANT. bundle, heap, pile He noticed what looked like a bundle of rags beside the road.
VERB + RAG wipe sth (off) with | be wrapped in The gun was wrapped in a dirty rag.
PREP. on a/the ~ He wiped his hands on an oily rag. | with a ~ I cleaned the board with an old rag.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a small piece of cloth or paper; shred, tag, tag end, tatter
- a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities; rag week
- music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano); ragtime
- newspaper with half-size pages; tabloid, sheet
- a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
v.
- treat cruelly; torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; annoy, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
- play in ragtime
rag that old tune
- harass with persistent criticism or carping; tease, razz, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
The children teased the new teacher
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
- censure severely or angrily; call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- break into lumps before sorting
rag ore
English Slang Dictionary
handkerchief in gang's color
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. Irregularity along the left or right edge of a set of lines of text on a printed page. Rag complements justification, in which one or both edges of the text form a straight vertical line. See the illustration. See also justify, ragged left, ragged right.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
rags|ragged|ragging
syn.: annoy bait bawl out bedevil berate bother call down call on the carpet chafe chew out chew up chide cod crucify devil dress down dun frustrate get at get to gravel have words irritate jaw lambast lambaste lecture nark nettle rag week ragtime rally razz rebuke remonstrate reprimand reproof ride rile scold sheet shred tabloid tag tag end take to task tantalise tantalize tatter taunt tease torment trounce twit vex
