ragged

• adj. 衣衫襤褸的；粗糙的；參差不齊的；鋸齒狀的；刺耳的；不規則的

來自 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.

我指甲根部的表皮龜裂粗糙，指甲被咬得參差不齊。

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2. She could hear his ragged breathing, as if he had been running.

她能聽到他不均勻的呼吸聲，似乎他是跑著過來的。

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3. The five survivors eventually reached safety, ragged, half-starved and exhausted.

5位幸存者最終到達安全之地時已經衣衫襤褸、饑腸轆轆、精疲力盡。

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4. Ragged fingernails raked her skin.

粗糙的指甲劃過她的皮膚。

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5. O'Brien formed the men into a ragged line.

奧布賴恩讓那些人排成了參差不齊的一列。

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