Definition of ragtag in English:

ragtag

adjectiveˈraɡtaɡˈræɡˌtæɡ

attributive Untidy, disorganized, or incongruously varied in character.
衣冠不整的；蓬乱的；由乌合之众组成的，混杂的；群氓的，贱民的
a ragtag group of idealists
一群由理想分子组成的乌合之众。
Example sentencesExamples
- They were ragtag adventurers, all on the road together for different reasons, as fate would have it.
- Our little ragtag bunch of kids made my friend's party a success by creating a fun experience.
- Verdi did write some music in Nabucco for the banda, that often ragtag group of local band players who demanded to play on stage in operas in many Italian cities in the 19th century.
- A zany, ragtag band of men from my old stomping grounds of Upstate New York decided to buy themselves a racehorse on Memorial Day weekend of 1995.
- Adding to the fun is a bit of inspired genre-hopping marked by the entrance of Frank's neighbours, a trio of misfits that form a kind of ragtag support group for him.
- As our ragtag troupe passed the cafeteria in the West Mall Centre we chanced upon a stack of trays.
- There was no word about the 12-year-old twins who lead this ragtag army of around 100 mostly ethnic Karen fighters.
- Everyone defers to him, especially his main man, a clubfooted ghetto intellectual known as Smush, and the other members of Smush's ragtag crew.
- At the last election, the Lib Dems were the ‘none of the above’ party - a depository of ragtag protest votes which translated into 16 more seats.
- He is widely believed to have fueled the war in support of one of the fighting parties, to which he committed ragtag militias that perpetrated unspeakable atrocities.
- Albums - if record labels even bothered to put them out - were just ragtag compilations of unrelated singles.
- Governments, international agencies and private charities have begun to train the region's ragtag health care corps to treat children in a model that could spread throughout Africa.
- And there's a marvelous, almost throwaway moment where Shaun and his ragtag band of survivors meet up with another group who look, mysteriously, a great deal like Shaun's group.
- It's a myth that goes back to the revolution and the triumph of America's ragtag guerrillas against the rigid, hierarchical British army.
- By his sophomore year, Burt had secured some low-grade sponsorships while competing on a ragtag racing circuit that would, in 1987, coalesce into a bona fide World Cup series.
- How would this ragtag bunch of different machines play together?
- A small, ragtag band of idealists facing overwhelming odds decides to gamble on a course of action judged either foolish or brilliant, depending on the outcome.
- Thus begins a story of three generations of ragtag heroes fighting against the alien invasion.
- Rather than pout, she joined an unofficial, ragtag team that took on all comers.
- We think of Washington at Valley Forge, or we think of Washington with his ragtag band of militia men beating the British.

nounˈraɡtaɡˈræɡˌtæɡ

A disreputable or disorganized group of people.
the ragtag had been organized into some kind of marching order
Example sentencesExamples
- People are booing, and I don't even try to stop them as this ragtag of veteran-looking musicians play on.
- This was the case when the US, the UK, and a ragtag of minor allies invaded the country in March.
- The people I have known have been a scruffy lot, a ragtag of mongrels from all over the place, but I would not change them for the world.
- Our job in 2003 is to first make and then keep this disparate ragtag of a Government honest.
- In more prosaic moments she comments on a ragtag of fellow travellers, landlords and farmers, and lorry drivers who don't know the country code of how to pass horses on the road.
- Although a far from usual setting for a comedy series, the inmates were not too problematic or insane but merely a ragtag of eccentrics who had opted out of life.
- Rather oddly, the fireman sporting a handlebar moustache about to sip a saucer of hot cocoa is ignoring the fire ragtag behind him and turns his back on two colleagues who are tackling it.

Origin

Early 19th century: superseding earlier tag-rag and tag and rag (see rag¹, tag¹).

Definition of ragtag in US English:

ragtag

adjectiveˈræɡˌtæɡˈraɡˌtaɡ

attributive Untidy, disorganized, or incongruously varied in character.
衣冠不整的；蓬乱的；由乌合之众组成的，混杂的；群氓的，贱民的
a ragtag group of idealists
一群由理想分子组成的乌合之众。
Example sentencesExamples
- As our ragtag troupe passed the cafeteria in the West Mall Centre we chanced upon a stack of trays.
- It's a myth that goes back to the revolution and the triumph of America's ragtag guerrillas against the rigid, hierarchical British army.
- Our little ragtag bunch of kids made my friend's party a success by creating a fun experience.
- A small, ragtag band of idealists facing overwhelming odds decides to gamble on a course of action judged either foolish or brilliant, depending on the outcome.
- He is widely believed to have fueled the war in support of one of the fighting parties, to which he committed ragtag militias that perpetrated unspeakable atrocities.
- We think of Washington at Valley Forge, or we think of Washington with his ragtag band of militia men beating the British.
- There was no word about the 12-year-old twins who lead this ragtag army of around 100 mostly ethnic Karen fighters.
- Everyone defers to him, especially his main man, a clubfooted ghetto intellectual known as Smush, and the other members of Smush's ragtag crew.
- By his sophomore year, Burt had secured some low-grade sponsorships while competing on a ragtag racing circuit that would, in 1987, coalesce into a bona fide World Cup series.
- And there's a marvelous, almost throwaway moment where Shaun and his ragtag band of survivors meet up with another group who look, mysteriously, a great deal like Shaun's group.
- Adding to the fun is a bit of inspired genre-hopping marked by the entrance of Frank's neighbours, a trio of misfits that form a kind of ragtag support group for him.
- Thus begins a story of three generations of ragtag heroes fighting against the alien invasion.
- How would this ragtag bunch of different machines play together?
- Albums - if record labels even bothered to put them out - were just ragtag compilations of unrelated singles.
- Verdi did write some music in Nabucco for the banda, that often ragtag group of local band players who demanded to play on stage in operas in many Italian cities in the 19th century.
- Rather than pout, she joined an unofficial, ragtag team that took on all comers.
- A zany, ragtag band of men from my old stomping grounds of Upstate New York decided to buy themselves a racehorse on Memorial Day weekend of 1995.
- Governments, international agencies and private charities have begun to train the region's ragtag health care corps to treat children in a model that could spread throughout Africa.
- At the last election, the Lib Dems were the ‘none of the above’ party - a depository of ragtag protest votes which translated into 16 more seats.
- They were ragtag adventurers, all on the road together for different reasons, as fate would have it.

nounˈræɡˌtæɡˈraɡˌtaɡ

A group of people perceived as disreputable or undesirable.
群氓，贱民；乌合之众；各色人等
Example sentencesExamples
- People are booing, and I don't even try to stop them as this ragtag of veteran-looking musicians play on.
- The people I have known have been a scruffy lot, a ragtag of mongrels from all over the place, but I would not change them for the world.
- In more prosaic moments she comments on a ragtag of fellow travellers, landlords and farmers, and lorry drivers who don't know the country code of how to pass horses on the road.
- Rather oddly, the fireman sporting a handlebar moustache about to sip a saucer of hot cocoa is ignoring the fire ragtag behind him and turns his back on two colleagues who are tackling it.
- Our job in 2003 is to first make and then keep this disparate ragtag of a Government honest.
- Although a far from usual setting for a comedy series, the inmates were not too problematic or insane but merely a ragtag of eccentrics who had opted out of life.
- This was the case when the US, the UK, and a ragtag of minor allies invaded the country in March.

Origin

Early 19th century: superseding earlier tag-rag and tag and rag (see rag, tag).

单词	ragtag
释义	Definition of ragtag in English: ragtag adjectiveˈraɡtaɡˈræɡˌtæɡ attributive Untidy, disorganized, or incongruously varied in character. 衣冠不整的；蓬乱的；由乌合之众组成的，混杂的；群氓的，贱民的 a ragtag group of idealists 一群由理想分子组成的乌合之众。 Example sentencesExamples They were ragtag adventurers, all on the road together for different reasons, as fate would have it. Our little ragtag bunch of kids made my friend's party a success by creating a fun experience. Verdi did write some music in Nabucco for the banda, that often ragtag group of local band players who demanded to play on stage in operas in many Italian cities in the 19th century. A zany, ragtag band of men from my old stomping grounds of Upstate New York decided to buy themselves a racehorse on Memorial Day weekend of 1995. Adding to the fun is a bit of inspired genre-hopping marked by the entrance of Frank's neighbours, a trio of misfits that form a kind of ragtag support group for him. As our ragtag troupe passed the cafeteria in the West Mall Centre we chanced upon a stack of trays. There was no word about the 12-year-old twins who lead this ragtag army of around 100 mostly ethnic Karen fighters. Everyone defers to him, especially his main man, a clubfooted ghetto intellectual known as Smush, and the other members of Smush's ragtag crew. At the last election, the Lib Dems were the ‘none of the above’ party - a depository of ragtag protest votes which translated into 16 more seats. He is widely believed to have fueled the war in support of one of the fighting parties, to which he committed ragtag militias that perpetrated unspeakable atrocities. Albums - if record labels even bothered to put them out - were just ragtag compilations of unrelated singles. Governments, international agencies and private charities have begun to train the region's ragtag health care corps to treat children in a model that could spread throughout Africa. And there's a marvelous, almost throwaway moment where Shaun and his ragtag band of survivors meet up with another group who look, mysteriously, a great deal like Shaun's group. It's a myth that goes back to the revolution and the triumph of America's ragtag guerrillas against the rigid, hierarchical British army. By his sophomore year, Burt had secured some low-grade sponsorships while competing on a ragtag racing circuit that would, in 1987, coalesce into a bona fide World Cup series. How would this ragtag bunch of different machines play together? A small, ragtag band of idealists facing overwhelming odds decides to gamble on a course of action judged either foolish or brilliant, depending on the outcome. Thus begins a story of three generations of ragtag heroes fighting against the alien invasion. Rather than pout, she joined an unofficial, ragtag team that took on all comers. We think of Washington at Valley Forge, or we think of Washington with his ragtag band of militia men beating the British. nounˈraɡtaɡˈræɡˌtæɡ A disreputable or disorganized group of people. the ragtag had been organized into some kind of marching order Example sentencesExamples People are booing, and I don't even try to stop them as this ragtag of veteran-looking musicians play on. This was the case when the US, the UK, and a ragtag of minor allies invaded the country in March. The people I have known have been a scruffy lot, a ragtag of mongrels from all over the place, but I would not change them for the world. Our job in 2003 is to first make and then keep this disparate ragtag of a Government honest. In more prosaic moments she comments on a ragtag of fellow travellers, landlords and farmers, and lorry drivers who don't know the country code of how to pass horses on the road. Although a far from usual setting for a comedy series, the inmates were not too problematic or insane but merely a ragtag of eccentrics who had opted out of life. Rather oddly, the fireman sporting a handlebar moustache about to sip a saucer of hot cocoa is ignoring the fire ragtag behind him and turns his back on two colleagues who are tackling it. Origin Early 19th century: superseding earlier tag-rag and tag and rag (see rag¹, tag¹). Definition of ragtag in US English: ragtag adjectiveˈræɡˌtæɡˈraɡˌtaɡ attributive Untidy, disorganized, or incongruously varied in character. 衣冠不整的；蓬乱的；由乌合之众组成的，混杂的；群氓的，贱民的 a ragtag group of idealists 一群由理想分子组成的乌合之众。 Example sentencesExamples As our ragtag troupe passed the cafeteria in the West Mall Centre we chanced upon a stack of trays. It's a myth that goes back to the revolution and the triumph of America's ragtag guerrillas against the rigid, hierarchical British army. Our little ragtag bunch of kids made my friend's party a success by creating a fun experience. A small, ragtag band of idealists facing overwhelming odds decides to gamble on a course of action judged either foolish or brilliant, depending on the outcome. He is widely believed to have fueled the war in support of one of the fighting parties, to which he committed ragtag militias that perpetrated unspeakable atrocities. We think of Washington at Valley Forge, or we think of Washington with his ragtag band of militia men beating the British. There was no word about the 12-year-old twins who lead this ragtag army of around 100 mostly ethnic Karen fighters. Everyone defers to him, especially his main man, a clubfooted ghetto intellectual known as Smush, and the other members of Smush's ragtag crew. By his sophomore year, Burt had secured some low-grade sponsorships while competing on a ragtag racing circuit that would, in 1987, coalesce into a bona fide World Cup series. And there's a marvelous, almost throwaway moment where Shaun and his ragtag band of survivors meet up with another group who look, mysteriously, a great deal like Shaun's group. Adding to the fun is a bit of inspired genre-hopping marked by the entrance of Frank's neighbours, a trio of misfits that form a kind of ragtag support group for him. Thus begins a story of three generations of ragtag heroes fighting against the alien invasion. How would this ragtag bunch of different machines play together? Albums - if record labels even bothered to put them out - were just ragtag compilations of unrelated singles. Verdi did write some music in Nabucco for the banda, that often ragtag group of local band players who demanded to play on stage in operas in many Italian cities in the 19th century. Rather than pout, she joined an unofficial, ragtag team that took on all comers. A zany, ragtag band of men from my old stomping grounds of Upstate New York decided to buy themselves a racehorse on Memorial Day weekend of 1995. Governments, international agencies and private charities have begun to train the region's ragtag health care corps to treat children in a model that could spread throughout Africa. At the last election, the Lib Dems were the ‘none of the above’ party - a depository of ragtag protest votes which translated into 16 more seats. They were ragtag adventurers, all on the road together for different reasons, as fate would have it. nounˈræɡˌtæɡˈraɡˌtaɡ A group of people perceived as disreputable or undesirable. 群氓，贱民；乌合之众；各色人等 Example sentencesExamples People are booing, and I don't even try to stop them as this ragtag of veteran-looking musicians play on. The people I have known have been a scruffy lot, a ragtag of mongrels from all over the place, but I would not change them for the world. In more prosaic moments she comments on a ragtag of fellow travellers, landlords and farmers, and lorry drivers who don't know the country code of how to pass horses on the road. Rather oddly, the fireman sporting a handlebar moustache about to sip a saucer of hot cocoa is ignoring the fire ragtag behind him and turns his back on two colleagues who are tackling it. Our job in 2003 is to first make and then keep this disparate ragtag of a Government honest. Although a far from usual setting for a comedy series, the inmates were not too problematic or insane but merely a ragtag of eccentrics who had opted out of life. This was the case when the US, the UK, and a ragtag of minor allies invaded the country in March. Origin Early 19th century: superseding earlier tag-rag and tag and rag (see rag, tag).
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