| 单词 | fire rake | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire rake   fire rake  n. 		 (a) a tool used to rake hot or burning materials in a fire or furnace;		 (b) a rake used in firefighting to move hot or burning debris; (in later use) esp. one used to clear a firebreak.				 [With sense  (a)   compare Middle Low German vǖrrāke.]			 ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > 			[noun]		 > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > rake fire rake1356 1356    in  H. T. Riley Memorials London 		(1868)	 284 (MED)  				Firrake. 1495    Will of M. Salman in  E. Roberts  & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 		(1992)	 I. 11  				A Paire of tonges & a Fire Rake, vj d. 1509    Inventory of Edmund Dudley in  Archaeologia 		(1920–1)	 71 39  				A payr of tonges: a fyre schowell: a fyre rake. 1638    H. Hexam tr.  S. Marolois  & A. Girard Art Fortification  ii. 32  				One must of necessity vse showels, spades, fire-rakes, pickaxses, mattocks, hatches, bils, and axses. 1845    Morning Post 6 Mar. 5/2  				A fire-rake about four feet in length fell close to him, and buried itself in the ground. 1910    Youth's Compan. 10 Nov. 623/1  				He worked away.., raking back the leaves and ground cover with his fire rake, making a trail about three feet wide, across which he hoped the fire would not jump. 1968    Guardian 30 Apr. 3  				She had said..the boys..killed the old woman with a poker and a fire rake. 2004    Rotarian Aug. 10/1  				Dedicated men and women chopping through dense brush with fire rakes, axes, and chain saws. < as lemmas  | 
	
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