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rag CLOTHrAgn [C]a torn piece of old cloth破布，碎布I keep these rags for cleaning the car.我把这些破布留着擦车用。Their clothes were in rags (= torn).他们的衣服破破烂烂。Rag is also Am for duster. [DUST.]A (Br and Aus) rag and bone man/(Am) ragman is a man who, in the past, went round the streets of a town with his horse and cart to buy old clothes, furniture and other unwanted things cheaply.收破烂者A rag doll is a soft child's toy, made from cloth, in the shape of a person.布娃娃Rags-to-riches is used to describe what happens to a person who was poor but becomes rich.由贫而富的She told a rags-to-riches story of a child brought up in poverty becoming owner of a hotel chain. (infml)她讲了一个在贫穷中长大的孩子成为连锁酒店业主从赤贫到巨富的故事。(imfml) The rag trade is the clothes-making industry.制衣业
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