rag week

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An annual event in many universities where students engage in unusual activities to raise money for charity. Ireland,UK
    — This week has been the University College Rag Week. The students are given more or less a free hand all the week. They organize a series of revels culminating in a grand procession and collection this afternoon.
  2. The days of the month when a woman has her period. British,slang,vulgar
    — I wouldn't bother trying to get off with her – it's rag week.

词形变化

rag weeks plural rag weeks plural

词源

词源 1
From rag (“university students society run for charitable fundraising”) + week, possibly from the verb rag (“tease; torment; banter”).
词源 2
From rag (“piece of old cloth”) + week. From the former use, by women, of rags to protect their clothing from menstrual blood.
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