Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #2999
raw
裸体；赤裸
The state of being naked; nudity (informal).
常用于短语 in the raw（裸体的）
- 1.
An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
未经加工的糖；一批这样的糖
- 2.
informal terms for nakedness
裸体的非正式说法
- 3.
A galled place; an inveterate sore.
擦伤处；顽固的伤口
- 4.
A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
某人特别敏感的点
敏感话题；敏感点；擦伤处；痛处；原糖；未精制糖；未经加工的糖；一批这样的糖；裸体的非正式说法
In use
The beach has a section where people can swim in the raw.
Some hikers enjoy being in the raw in remote forests.
The life drawing class featured a model in the raw.
in the raw
Connections
Collocations
- in the raw
- 裸体；光着身子
- The resort has a beach where people swim in the raw.这个度假胜地有一片海滩，人们在那里裸泳。
- touch someone on the raw
- 触及某人的痛处；戳到某人的敏感点
- Her comments about his divorce touched him on the raw.她关于他离婚的评论触到了他的痛处。
Idioms & figurative uses
- in the raw
- 裸体的；处于自然状态的He was caught on camera walking around his hotel room in the raw.他被摄像头拍到光着身子在酒店房间里走来走去。
- touch someone on the raw
- 触及某人的痛处；提起别人的敏感话题I think you touched him on the raw when you criticized his cooking.我想你批评他做饭时，触到了他的痛处。
Synonyms
- sore
- 疼痛处；疮口 · 较通用，可指任何疼痛的皮肤处；raw 更强调因摩擦而发红、脱皮的伤处，语气更口语。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象字母R像一个人，AW像喊“啊”；人裸体或擦伤时喊“啊”，所以raw有“裸体、擦伤处”的意思。每个字母都有印象，一词记三意。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：心理话题、社交场合、批评或评论 名词 raw 表示“敏感点”时，多用于短语 touch a raw nerve，指触及某人特别敏感的话题。该用法在口语和书面语中都较常见，但单独使用较少。正式场合也可用，不过通常以搭配形式出现。
Grammar Note
通常用于短语 in the raw
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 raw（/rɑ/）押韵的词有 spa、bra、ma、pa（均以 /ɑ/ 结尾）。注意拼写相似的 law（/lɔː/）和 saw（/sɔː/）在标准英音中并不押韵；只有在 cot-caught 合并的口音中，它们才会与 raw 同音。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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