rake

noun

/reɪk/

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[countable] a garden tool with a long handle and a row of metal points at the end, used for gathering fallen leaves and making soil smooth耙子；耙状工具
Topics Gardensc2
[countable] (in the past旧时) a man, especially a rich and fashionable one, who was thought to have low moral standards, for example because he drank or gambled a lot or had sex with a lot of women浪荡的男人；花花公子
[singular] the amount by which something, especially the stage in a theatre, slopes（尤指剧院舞台）倾斜度

词源noun sense 1 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’. noun sense 2 mid 17th cent.: abbreviation of archaic rakehell in the same sense. noun sense 3 early 17th cent.: probably related to German ragen ‘to project’, of unknown ultimate origin; compare with Swedish raka.

rake

verb

/reɪk/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they rake	/reɪk/ /reɪk/
he / she / it rakes	/reɪks/ /reɪks/
past simple raked	/reɪkt/ /reɪkt/
past participle raked	/reɪkt/ /reɪkt/
-ing form raking	/ˈreɪkɪŋ/ /ˈreɪkɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

[transitive, intransitive] to pull a rake over a surface in order to make it level or to remove something耙；梳理
- rake (something) (+ adv./prep.) The leaves had been raked into a pile.树叶已经用耙子拢成了一堆。
- (figurative) She raked a comb through her hair.她用梳子梳理头发。
- rake something + adj. First rake the soil smooth.首先把地耙平。
Topics Gardensc2
[transitive] rake something (with something) to point a camera, light, gun, etc. at somebody/something and move it slowly from one side to the other扫视；掠过；扫射
- They raked the streets with machine-gun fire.他们用机枪在街上扫射。
- Searchlights raked the grounds.探照灯从场地上掠过。
[intransitive] + adv./prep. to search a place carefully for something搜寻；搜索
- She raked around in her bag for her keys.她在包里到处找钥匙。
[transitive, intransitive] rake (something) to scratch the surface of something with a sharp object, especially your nails擦；刮；搔；抓

词源verb 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’.

Idioms

rake somebody over the coals (North American English)

(British English haul somebody over the coals)

to criticize somebody severely because they have done something wrong严厉训斥（或斥责）某人
- I was raked over the coals by my boss for being late.我因迟到受到老板的严厉批评。