food
1 not cooked:
raw meat * These fish are often eaten raw.
materials
2 [usuallybeforenoun] in its natural state; not yet changed, used or made into sth else:
the supply of raw materials to factories * raw cotton / sugar / wool * (figurative) Her childhood provided the raw material for her first novel.
information
3 [usuallybeforenoun] not yet organized into a form in which it can be easily used or understood:
This information is only raw data and will need further analysis.
emotions / qualities
4 [usuallybeforenoun] powerful and natural; not controlled or trained:
songs full of raw emotion * He started with nothing but raw talent and determination.
part of body
5 red and painful because the skin has been damaged:
There were raw patches on her feet where the shoes had rubbed.
person
6 [usuallybeforenoun] new to a job or an activity and therefore without experience or skill:
a raw beginner * raw recruits (= for example, in the army)
weather
7 very cold:
a raw north wind * It had been a wet raw winter.
description
8 honest, direct and sometimes shocking:
a raw portrayal of working-class life * (AmE) raw language (= containing many sexual details)
rawness noun [U]
IDIOMS
a raw deal the fact of sb being treated unfairly:
Older workers often get a raw deal.
词性: noun
IDIOMS
catch / touch sb on the raw (BrE) to upset sb by reminding them of sth they are particularly sensitive about
in the raw in a way that does not hide the unpleasant aspects of sth:
He spent a couple of months on the streets to experience life in the raw.
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