ragged

英 ['rægɪd] 美 ['ræɡɪd]

ragged 破布的，褴褛的

来自 rag,破布。

ragged (adj.): "rough, shaggy," c. 1300, past participle adjective as though from a verb form of rag (n.). Compare Latin pannosus "ragged, wrinkly," from pannus "piece of cloth." But the word might reflect a broader, older meaning; perhaps from or reinforced by Old Norse raggaðr "shaggy," via Old English raggig "shaggy, bristly, rough" (which, Barnhart writes, "was almost surely developed from Scandinavian"). Of clothes, early 14c.; of persons, late 14c. To run (someone) ragged is from 1915. Related: Raggedly; raggedness.

1. My cuticles were split and ragged, and my nails unevenly bitten.: 我指甲根部的表皮龟裂粗糙，指甲被咬得参差不齐。

2. She could hear his ragged breathing, as if he had been running.: 她能听到他不均匀的呼吸声，似乎他是跑着过来的。

3. The five survivors eventually reached safety, ragged, half-starved and exhausted.: 5位幸存者最终到达安全之地时已经衣衫褴褛、饥肠辘辘、精疲力尽。