rag

ぼろ布、雑巾

掃除などによく使う、古い布の切れ端。

やさしい英語で： A piece of old cloth, often used for cleaning.

• Wipe the table with a rag.
• He kept oily rags beside his tools.
• Can you find a clean rag for the window?

類義語： cloth, scrap

よく使う表現： a dirty rag, wipe with a rag, an oily rag

ぼろ着

古い服やひどく破れた服。また、価値がないとけなされる服。

やさしい英語で： Old or badly torn clothing, or a piece of clothing described as worthless.

• He arrived wearing filthy rags.
• This old rag used to be my favorite dress.
• The children were dressed in rags and had no shoes.

使い方： be dressed in rags (The family were dressed in rags.)

類義語： tatters

よく使う表現： an old rag, rag of a dress

弱いキッカー

ポーカーで手札の強さにあまり役立たない、数字の低いカード。

やさしい英語で： A low-value card that is unlikely to help your poker hand win.

• His second card was a rag.
• She folded because her ace came with a rag.
• A strong pair can still lose with a rag as its kicker.

類義語： low kicker

よく使う表現： ace rag, a low rag, hold a rag

粗く削る、目立てする

石を粗く削る。特に、すり潰す面を再びざらざらにする。

やさしい英語で： To cut or shape a stone roughly, especially to make a grinding surface rough again.

• The worker used a tool to rag the grindstone.
• He ragged the worn surface before sharpening the blade.
• They needed to rag the stone to restore its roughness.

類義語： roughen, rough

反対語： smooth

よく使う表現： rag a grindstone, rag the surface