Tatter

(n.) One who makes tatting.

(n.) A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.

(v. t.) To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.

安琪编辑

• If everybody pulled for his own bit against everybody else, the whole question would go to tatters. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The tenor of my actions will prove that I had rather die, than be a mark for scorn--behold the proud Evadne in her tatters! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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