"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.
双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The five survivors eventually reached safety, ragged, half-starved and exhausted.
