rag sb
英式英语，常指在大学里戏弄、欺负新生。
The older students ragged the new boys mercilessly.
高年级学生毫不留情地捉弄新生。
取笑；数落；欺负
ragged — past of rag
用碎布涂饰；（狗）咬住猛甩；变得破烂；磨损；破碎（矿石）；粗修（砂轮）
To tease, scold, or bully someone, especially to haze a new student at university.
用抹布涂漆装饰(墙等)
To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
将矿石打碎成块以便分类
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
责骂或训斥；折磨；戏弄
To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
变得破烂
To become tattered.
粗略切割或修整,如磨石
To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
尤其在大学中戏弄或折磨；欺负,捉弄
To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
指狗咬住物体,通常是玩具或皮带,并猛烈摇头
Of dogs, to bite an object, often a toy or leash, and vigorously shake their head.
一般现在时
He always rags his younger brother for being clumsy.
他总是取笑他弟弟笨手笨脚。
一般过去时
The teacher ragged the student for not doing homework yesterday.
老师昨天责骂那个学生没做作业。
现在进行时
They are ragging the new kid in the class right now.
他们正在戏弄班上的新同学。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为ragged。
The manager ragged him for being late to the meeting.
经理因为他开会迟到而责骂了他。
用法提示：rag作为动词，表示“责骂”，过去式ragged。
She ragged her brother about his messy room every morning.
她每天早上都嘲笑她哥哥房间乱。
用法提示：rag作为动词，表示“戏弄”，过去式ragged。
The kids are always ragging each other over silly things.
孩子们总是为些傻事互相戏弄。
用法提示：rag作为动词，现在分词ragging表示“戏弄”。
英式英语，常指在大学里戏弄、欺负新生。
The older students ragged the new boys mercilessly.
高年级学生毫不留情地捉弄新生。
about 后接被取笑的具体事情。
His teammates ragged him about his new haircut.
队友们拿他的新发型取笑他。
指用碎布等蘸涂料装饰墙面。
They ragged the wall with a sponge to give it a textured look.
他们用海绵在墙上涂抹，做出有纹理的效果。
比 rag 更常用、语气通常较轻；rag 常指较重的、带戏弄或欺负性质的取笑。
语气比 rag 强烈，指带来持续痛苦或折磨；不用于轻度的玩笑。
强调以强凌弱，通常反复发生；rag 不强调力量关系和长期性。
特指大学等的整人仪式；rag 在英国大学语境中也有此义，但普通场合较少用。
强调通过模仿或讥讽的方式取笑；rag 不含“模仿”这层意思。
grammar · medium
易错句子The older students raged him during his first week.
正确表达The older students ragged him during his first week.
rag 的过去式要双写 g 写成 ragged（重读闭音节规则）；raged 是另一个动词 rage（发怒）的过去式，不能用来表达“取笑、数落”。
grammar · medium
易错句子Please rag the table before we eat.
正确表达Please wipe the table with a rag before we eat.
rag 作动词没有“用抹布擦、擦净”的意思，不能由名词“抹布”直接推出动词“擦”；表示擦桌子要用 wipe … with a rag，rag 只作名词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The boys ragged him at his accent.
正确表达The boys ragged him about his accent.
rag 表示“取笑、数落某人某事”时搭配是 rag sb about sth，介词用 about 而非 at；用 at 是受 laugh at 一类搭配的干扰。
义项：责骂/训斥（scold）。与 rag 的“责骂”义项相对；若 rag 取“取笑”义项，则 praise 不适用。
正式用语，指公开称赞，与 rag 的“训斥”义项相反。
指说称赞的话，与 rag 的“责骂”义项语气对立，但常用于礼貌社交场合。
取笑某人；不停地数落某人
Stop ragging on me — it's not funny.
别再取笑我了——这一点都不好笑。
用抹布涂饰墙壁（以制造纹理效果）
The decorator ragged the wall to create a subtle texture.
装修工用抹布涂饰墙壁，以制造出细微的纹理。
（狗）咬住玩具用力猛甩
The dog ragged the squeaky toy with excitement.
狗兴奋地咬住吱吱作响的玩具用力猛甩。
大学里老生捉弄新生场景中的角色之一
常被捉弄的对象
捉弄常发生在入会仪式等活动中
捉弄的常见形式
此类行为多发生在校园内
持续嘲弄或批评某人
My older brothers used to rag on me for being so shy.
我的哥哥们过去常常因为我害羞而嘲弄我。
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