misc. down at the heels ; out at the elbows
他看见两个衣衫褴褛的小男孩站在绿天鹅窝后面。
He caught sight of the two little ragged boys behind the green swan-hutch.
小心不要让他落到“衣衫褴褛的山地居民”这样的俗套境地。
Be careful not to make him into the cliché of the "ragged mountain dweller".
他的脸上露出喜色,随即问那衣衫褴褛的候补国王:“国玺在什么地方?”
His face lighted, and he confronted the ragged candidate with this question, "Where lieth the Great Seal?"
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