rake

rake¹
noun

an implement consisting of a pole with a crossbar toothed like a comb at the end, or with several tines held together by a crosspiece, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel
（长柄）耙，搂耙，草耙；钉齿耙
■a wheeled implement used for the same purposes
耙机，搂草机
■a similar implement used for other purposes, e.g. by a croupier drawing in money at a gaming table
耙状物，齿叉形器具；（赌台上用的）钱耙
■[in sing.]an act of raking
耙；耙集，搂草；耙平，耙松
giving the lawn a rake.
把草坪耙一下。

verb

[with obj.]collect, gather, or move with a rake or similar implement
（用耙或类似器具）耙，把…耙拢
they started raking up hay.
他们开始把干草耙集起来。
■make (a stretch of ground) tidy or smooth with a rake
（用耙）耙平（地面）；把（地面）耙干净
I sometimes rake over the allotment.
我有时用耙耙平园地。
■scratch or scrape (something, especially a person's flesh) with a long sweeping movement
搔，抓，刮，擦（某物，尤指人的皮肤）
her fingers raked Bill's face.
她用手指搔比尔的面部。
■[with obj. and adverbial of direction]draw or drag (something) with a long sweeping movement
拖，拉
she raked a comb through her hair.
她用梳子梳理头发。
■sweep (something) from end to end with gunfire, a look, or a beam of light
（用火力）扫射；（用眼神）扫视；（用光束）横扫
the road was raked with machine-gun fire.
这条路遭到机枪火力扫射。
■[no obj., with adverbial of direction]move across something with a long sweeping movement
横扫，扫过
his icy gaze raked mercilessly over Lissa's slender figure.
他冰冷的眼神无情地扫过利萨的纤弱身影。
■[no obj., with adverbial]search or rummage through something
搜遍，翻检
he raked through his pockets and brought out a five-pound note.
他搜遍所有口袋，找出一张五英镑钞票。

常用词组
rake and scrape

(black English)be extremely thrifty; scrimp and save
(黑人英语)节省；吝啬；一毛不拔

rake over (old) coals (或 rake over the ashes)

(chiefly Brit.)revive the memory of a past event which is best forgotten
(主英)重新忆起最易忘掉的往事

(as) thin as a rake

(of a person) very thin
（人）瘦骨嶙峋，骨瘦如柴

派生
raker
noun
语源

Old English raca, racu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raak and German Rechen, from a base meaning 'heap up'; the verb is partly from Old Norse raka 'to scrape, shave'

继承用法
rake something in

(informal)make a lot of money, typically very easily
(非正式)（尤指轻易）捞进大笔钱
the shop's raking it in now.
商店现在大笔盈利。

rake something up/over

revive the memory of an incident or period of time that is best forgotten
重新忆起最易忘掉的事情（或时光）
I have no desire to rake over the past.
我不想旧事重提。

rake²
noun

a fashionable or wealthy man of dissolute or promiscuous habits
（尤指时髦社会的）浪荡子，淫逸浪子

常用词组
a rake's progress

a progressive deterioration, especially through self-indulgence
（因自我放纵）逐渐堕落，走下坡路

语源

mid 17th cent.: abbreviation of archaic rakehell in the same sense

rake³
verb

[with obj.](常作 be raked)set (something, especially a stage or the floor of an auditorium) at a sloping angle
确定（某物，尤指舞台、礼堂地板的）倾斜度
■[no obj.](of a ship's mast or funnel) incline from the perpendicular towards the stern
（船桅杆，烟囱）成倾角
■[no obj.](of a ship's bow or stern) project at its upper part beyond the keel
（艏，艉）斜伸，倾斜

noun

[in sing.]the angle at which a thing slopes
斜度，倾角
the angle of the edge or face of a cutting tool
（切割工具的）前刀面，前倾面

语源

early 17th cent.: probably related to German ragen 'to project', of unknown ultimate origin; compare with Swedish raka

rake⁴
noun

(Brit.)a number of railway carriages or wagons coupled together
(英)（连接成列的铁路）客车（或货车）车厢

语源

early 20th cent. (originally Scots and northern English): from Old Norse rák 'stripe, streak', from an alteration of rek- 'to drive'. The word was in earlier use in the senses 'path, groove' and 'vein of ore'

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