Tired of cleaning his teeth with a rag and soot and salt , he saved a small bone from the mess hall , drilled holes in it and threaded pig bristles through .
他受够了用碎布或烟灰或盐刷牙的日子,他从食堂省下了一根小骨头,在上面钻孔,然后把猪鬓插在里面。
Rag men roamed the towns and countryside , collecting scraps of fabric whose hemp and flax fibers had been degraded by years of washing and drying in the sun .
Sometimes all it takes is a wipe with a damp rag .
有时候它起的作用和抹布抹一下差不多。
When the word rug first appeared in english it was closer to rag in meaning .
当“rug”首次作为英语单词出现时,它的意义更接近于“抹布”。
He grows much of his own food , wears a winter coat until it is ready for the rag heap and buys niceties only when his wife 's nagging becomes intolerable .
他种了自己口粮的大部分,穿的冬衣要到成了一堆碎布,妻子的唠叨无可忍受时才买身精细的。
The intruder broughthis tools with him . Duct tape . A rag soaked in chloroform . A collection of surgical instruments .