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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
ragged
rag·ged BrE [ˈræɡɪd] NAmE [ˈræɡɪd] adjective
1. (of clothes)old and torn
Syn: ↑shabby
•a ragged jacket
2. (of people)wearing old or torn clothes
•ragged children
3. having an outline, an edge or a surface that is not straight or even
•ragged clouds
•a ragged coastline
4. not smooth or controlled
•I could hear the sound of his ragged breathing.
•Their performance was still very ragged.
5. (informal)very tired, especially after physical effort
Idiom: ↑run somebody ragged
Derived Words: ↑raggedly ▪ ↑raggedness
Word Origin:
[ragged raggedly raggedness] Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; compare with Old Norse rǫgvathr ‘tufted’ and Norwegian ragget ‘shaggy’.
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