To sweep or rake (a place, position, a body of men, etc.) with gunshot. Also, to command (a position, etc.) with one's guns.
| 单词 | θ164631 |
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > assail with gunfire > rake (6) scour1563 To sweep or rake (a place, position, a body of men, etc.) with gunshot. Also, to command (a position, etc.) with one's guns. rake1596 transitive. Military and Nautical. To fire at (a target) with a sweeping movement; to enfilade; spec. to attack (a ship) at the bow or stern and… overrake1599 transitive. Of waves breaking over a ship: to sweep over from end to end. berake1685 to rake all over. enfilade1706 Military. To subject to an enfilade; to ‘rake’ or to be in a position to ‘rake’ (a line of fortification, a line of troops, a road, etc.) from end… sweep1748 transferred and figurative. To clear of something by vigorous action compared to that of a broom; spec. to clear (a place) of enemies or a mob by… |
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