名詞 rake:

1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
   同義詞：rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue
2. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
   同義詞：pitch, slant
3. a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil

動(dòng)詞 rake:

1. move through with or as if with a rake
2. level or smooth with a rake
3. sweep the length of
4. examine hastily
   同義詞：scan, skim, glance over, run down
5. gather with a rake
6. scrape gently
   同義詞：graze, crease

1. Don't always rake up the old stories.
   別總是舊事重提了。
2. The field had been raked.
   田地已經(jīng)耙平了。
3. Don't rake up the past.
   不要把過去的事都翻出來。
4. I'll try and rake out something for you to wear.
   我盡量找些東西給你穿。

rake

n.（名詞）
A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth.
耙子，耙機(jī)：頂部有一排凸出的齒的長(zhǎng)柄工具，尤指用于收集樹葉或疏松土壤的
A device that resembles such an implement.
耙狀用具：象這種工具的設(shè)備
v.（動(dòng)詞）
raked,rak.ing,rakes
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To gather or move with or as if with a rake:
用耙子聚成：用或好象用耙子一樣收集或移動(dòng)：
例句：
rake leaves; rake in the gambling chips.
耙樹葉；聚攏賭籌

To smooth, scrape, or loosen with a rake or similar implement:
耙松，耙平：用耙子或類似的工具平整或疏松：
例句：
rake the soil for planting.
為種莊稼而耙地

Informal To gain in abundance:
【非正式用語】 大量獲得：
例句：
suddenly began raking in the money.
突然開始財(cái)源滾滾

To search or examine thoroughly; ransack.
搜索：仔細(xì)地搜索或檢查；搜找
To scrape; scratch.
抓?。荒Σ?/br>To aim heavy gunfire along the length of.
掃射，縱射：沿著一段…猛烈開火
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To use a rake.
使用耙子
To conduct a thorough search:
搜索：進(jìn)行仔細(xì)全面的搜索：
例句：
raked through the files for the misplaced letter.
為找一封錯(cuò)放的信而搜找那些文件

<常用詞組>rake up
To revive or bring to light; uncover:
使暴露，使顯出：使重現(xiàn)或公諸于眾；公開：
例句：
rake up old gossip.
揭露古老的傳言

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English raca * see reg-
源自 古英語 raca *參見 reg-

【引伸】
rak.er
n.（名詞）

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rake
rake 2

n.（名詞）
An immoral or dissolute person; a libertine.
放蕩的人：邪惡的或放蕩的人；性行為放縱者

來源：
Short for rakehell
rakehell的簡(jiǎn)寫

rake
rake 3

v.intr.tr.（不及物動(dòng)詞和及物動(dòng)詞）
raked,rak.ing,rakes
To slant or cause to incline from the perpendicular:
使傾斜：從垂直角度傾斜或使從垂直角度傾斜：
例句：
propeller blades that rake backward from the shaft; rake a ship`s mast.
從軸心向后傾斜的螺旋槳葉；使船的桅桿傾斜

n.（名詞）
Inclination from the perpendicular:
斜度：從垂直角度的傾斜：
例句：
the rake of a jet plane`s wings.
噴氣式飛機(jī)機(jī)翼的傾斜

The angle between the cutting edge of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the working surface to which the tool is applied.
傾角：某工具的切邊和與使用這個(gè)工具的工作面垂直的飛機(jī)之間的角度

來源：
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