英语词汇“rake”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense rakes, present participle raking, past tense, past participle raked

1. countable noun

A rake is a garden tool consisting of a row of metal or wooden teeth attached to a long handle. You can use a rake to make the earth smooth and level before you put plants in,or to gather leaves together.

2. verb

If you rake a surface, you move a rake across it in order to make it smooth and level.

Rake the soil, press the seed into it, then cover it lightly. [VERB noun]

The beach is raked and cleaned daily. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: scrape, level, smooth, break up More Synonyms of rake

3. verb

If you rake leaves or ashes, you move them somewhere using a rake or a similar tool.

I watched the men rake leaves into heaps. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]

She raked out the ashes from the boiler. [VERB preposition]

Synonyms: gather, collect, scrape together, scrape up More Synonyms of rake

4. verb

If someone rakes an area with gunfire or with light, they cover it thoroughly by moving the gun or the light across from one sideof the area to another.

Planes dropped bombs and raked the beach with machine gun fire. [VERB noun with noun]

The caravan was raked with bullets. [VERB noun with noun]

The headlights raked across a painted sign. [VERB preposition]

Synonyms: strafe, pepper, enfilade More Synonyms of rake

5. verb

If branches or someone's finger nails rake your skin, they scrape across it.

[literary]

Ragged fingernails raked her skin. [VERB noun]

He found the man's cheeks and raked them with his nails. [VERB noun with noun]

Synonyms: graze, scratch, scrape, lacerate More Synonyms of rake

6. verb

If you rake through a pile of objects or rubbish, you search through it thoroughly with your hands.

Many can survive only by raking through dustbins. [VERB through noun]

Synonyms: search, hunt, examine, scan More Synonyms of rake

7. countable noun

If you call a man a rake, you mean that he is rather immoral, for example because he gambles, drinks, or has many sexual relationships.

[old-fashioned, disapproval]

Synonyms: libertine, playboy, swinger [slang], profligate More Synonyms of rake

Phrasal verbs:

See rake in

See rake over

See rake up

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Chinese translation of 'rake'

rake

(reɪk)

n (c)

(= tool) 耙 (pá) (个(個), gè)
(o.f., = person) 花花公子 (huāhuā gōngzǐ) (个(個), gè)

vt

[soil] 耙 (pá)
[leaves, lawn] 耙拢(攏) (pálǒng)
[light, gun] [area] 扫(掃)射 (sǎoshè)
he's raking it in (inf) 他发(發)大财(財)了 (tā fā dàcái le)

单词	rake
释义	Trends of rake View usage for: rake (reɪk) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense rakes, present participle raking, past tense, past participle raked 1. countable noun A rake is a garden tool consisting of a row of metal or wooden teeth attached to a long handle. You can use a rake to make the earth smooth and level before you put plants in,or to gather leaves together. 2. verb If you rake a surface, you move a rake across it in order to make it smooth and level. Rake the soil, press the seed into it, then cover it lightly. [VERB noun] The beach is raked and cleaned daily. [VERB noun] Synonyms: scrape, level, smooth, break up More Synonyms of rake 3. verb If you rake leaves or ashes, you move them somewhere using a rake or a similar tool. I watched the men rake leaves into heaps. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] She raked out the ashes from the boiler. [VERB preposition] Synonyms: gather, collect, scrape together, scrape up More Synonyms of rake 4. verb If someone rakes an area with gunfire or with light, they cover it thoroughly by moving the gun or the light across from one sideof the area to another. Planes dropped bombs and raked the beach with machine gun fire. [VERB noun with noun] The caravan was raked with bullets. [VERB noun with noun] The headlights raked across a painted sign. [VERB preposition] Synonyms: strafe, pepper, enfilade More Synonyms of rake 5. verb If branches or someone's finger nails rake your skin, they scrape across it. [literary] Ragged fingernails raked her skin. [VERB noun] He found the man's cheeks and raked them with his nails. [VERB noun with noun] Synonyms: graze, scratch, scrape, lacerate More Synonyms of rake 6. verb If you rake through a pile of objects or rubbish, you search through it thoroughly with your hands. Many can survive only by raking through dustbins. [VERB through noun] Synonyms: search, hunt, examine, scan More Synonyms of rake 7. countable noun If you call a man a rake, you mean that he is rather immoral, for example because he gambles, drinks, or has many sexual relationships. [old-fashioned, disapproval] Synonyms: libertine, playboy, swinger [slang], profligate More Synonyms of rake Phrasal verbs: See rake in See rake over See rake up rake in British English 1 (reɪk) noun 1. a hand implement consisting of a row of teeth set in a headpiece attached to a long shaft and used for gathering hay, straw, leaves, etc, or for smoothing loose earth 2. any of several mechanical farm implements equipped with rows of teeth or rotating wheels mounted with tines and used to gather hay, straw, etc 3. any of various implements similar in shape or function, such as a tool for drawing out ashes from a furnace 4. the act of raking 5. New Zealand a line of wagons coupled together as one unit, used on railways verb 6. to scrape, gather, or remove (leaves, refuse, etc) with or as if with a rake 7. to level or prepare (a surface, such as a flower bed) with a rake or similar implement 8. (transitive; sometimes foll by out) to clear (ashes, clinker, etc) from (a fire or furnace) 9. (tr; foll by up or together) to gather (items or people) with difficulty, as from a scattered area or limited supply 10. (tr; often foll by through, over etc) to search or examine carefully 11. (when intr, foll by against, along etc) to scrape or graze the ship raked the side of the quay 12. (transitive) to direct (gunfire) along the length of (a target) machine-guns raked the column 13. (transitive) to sweep (one's eyes) along the length of (something); scan Word origin Old English raca; related to Old Norse raka, Old High German rehho a rake, Gothic rikan to heap up, Latin rogus funeral pile rake in British English 2 (reɪk) noun a dissolute man, esp one in fashionable society; roué Word origin C17: short for rakehell rake in British English 3 (reɪk) verb (mainly intr) 1. to incline from the vertical by a perceptible degree, esp (of a ship's mast or funnel) towards the stern 2. (transitive) to construct with a backward slope noun 3. the degree to which an object, such as a ship's mast, inclines from the perpendicular, esp towards the stern 4. theatre the slope of a stage from the back towards the footlights 5. aeronautics a. the angle between the wings of an aircraft and the line of symmetry of the aircraft b. the angle between the line joining the centroids of the section of a propeller blade and a line perpendicular to the axis 6. the angle between the working face of a cutting tool and a plane perpendicular tothe surface of the workpiece 7. a slanting ledge running across a crag in the Lake District Word origin C17: of uncertain origin; perhaps related to German ragen to project, Swedish raka rake in British English 4 (reɪk) verb (intransitive) 1. (of gun dogs or hounds) to hunt with the nose to the ground 2. (of hawks) a. to pursue quarry in full flight b. (often foll by away) to fly wide of the quarry, esp beyond the control of the falconer Word origin Old English racian to go forward, of uncertain origin rake in American English 1 (reɪk) noun 1. any of various long-handled tools with teeth or prongs at one end, used for gathering loose grass, hay, leaves, etc., or for smoothing brokenground 2. any of various similar toothed devices oyster rake verb transitiveWord forms: raked or ˈraking 3. a. to gather or scrape together with or as with a rake b. to make (a lawn, etc.) tidy with a rake 4. to gather with great care 5. to scratch or smooth with a rake, as in leveling broken ground 6. to cover (a fire) with ashes 7. to scratch or scrape 8. to search through minutely; scour 9. to direct gunfire along (a line of troops, the deck of a ship, etc.) often figurative 10. to look over rapidly and searchingly verb intransitive 11. to use a rake 12. to search as if with a rake 13. to scrape or sweep with over, across, etc. Idioms: rake in rake up Word origin ME < OE raca; akin to ON reka, spade, Ger rechen, a rake < IE base reĝ-, to direct, put in order > right rake in American English 2 (reɪk) noun a dissolute, debauched man; roué Word origin contr. of rakehell rake in American English 3 (reɪk) verb intransitiveWord forms: raked or ˈraking 1. to be slightly inclined; slant, as a ship's masts, etc. verb transitive 2. to cause to slant or incline noun 3. a slanting or inclination a. away from the perpendicular the rake of a mast b. away from the horizontal the rake of a stage 4. the angle made by the edge of a cutting tool and a plane perpendicular to the surfacethat is being worked on Word origin < ? or akin to Swed raka, to project, akin to OE hrægan, to project < IE base krek-, krok-, to project rake in American English 4 (reɪk) verb intransitiveWord forms: raked or ˈraking 1. to fly after game said of a hawk 2. to run after game with the nose to the track instead of in the wind said of a hunting dog Word origin ME raken < OE racian, to speed forward: for IE base see rake1 rake in Chemical Engineering (reɪk) Word forms:* (regular plural) rakes noun (Chemical Engineering: Operations, Liquid-solid operations) A rake is a device used in thickeners and settlers to move the settled solids toward the place where they leave the vessel. There is a revolving rake to scrape settled grit to a sump for removal. The heavy material settles to the bottom and is then dragged upwards by means ofa rake, and then discharged. A rake is a device used in thickeners and settlers to move the settled solids toward theplace where they leave the vessel. More idioms containing rake rake over the coals thin as a rake Image of rake © ElephantCastle, Shutterstock Examples of 'rake' in a sentence rake Smugglers are also raking in cash, charging up to 2,600 for just a single leg of the journey. The Sun (2016) If you want a faster front crawl, hold your fingers apart like a rake, not together like a paddle. Times, Sunday Times (2016) What kind of rake do you use for getting leaves off a lawn? Times, Sunday Times (2012) One way to do this is to comb out the dead leaves with a garden rake. The Sun (2013) No sooner would one be fired than the crew would instantly expose itself to raking sniper fire. Andy Dougan THE HUNTING OF MAN (2004) They will leave the firm after raking in millions from advertising. The Sun (2014) Like the cheats who work on the sly while raking in handout cash. The Sun (2012) Then we can rake up the autumn leaves and simply burn the evidence. The Sun (2009) He rakes a hand through his hair. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Financial services companies used them to rake in fees or boost assets on the way up. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Nor had she applied unto her eyelids false eyelashes as large as two garden rakes. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Nobody can blame them for wanting the chance to rake in a million bucks. The Sun (2008) The best patches can rake in twice as much. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Just shuffle over the soil in your boots, then give it a light rake. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Buy yourself a light, plastic rake to make it easy. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Or doesn't that count if it means raking in cash? The Sun (2008) Sometimes they use rakes, which are especially harmful. Times, Sunday Times (2009) A charge at dusk over open ground raked with machinegun fire was doomed to failure. The Sun (2009) A master technician with a raking right hand. The Sun (2014) The steeply raked stage had not been properly prepared by the stage staff and many of the singers had an uncomfortable night slipping around the stage. Times, Sunday Times (2011) A man raked together a little burning rubbish with one hand and dangled a scrawny chicken over it with the other. Hyland, Paul Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent (1994) In one year he raked in more than 1million in public cash, according to legal earningstables. The Sun (2016) Word lists with rake terms used in aviation, tool In other languages rake British English: rake /reɪk/ NOUN A rake is a garden tool consisting of a row of metal teeth attached to a long handle. American English: rake Arabic: مِدَمَّة Brazilian Portuguese: rastelo Chinese: 耙子 Croatian: grablje Czech: hrábě Danish: rive Dutch: hark European Spanish: rastrillo Finnish: harava French: râteau German: Harke Greek: τσουγκράνα Italian: rastrello Japanese: 熊手 Korean: 갈퀴 Norwegian: rive Polish: grabie European Portuguese: ancinho Romanian: greblă Russian: грабли Latin American Spanish: rastrillo Swedish: kratta Thai: คราด Turkish: tırmık Ukrainian: граблі Vietnamese: cái cào British English: rake VERB If you rake a surface, you move a rake across it in order to make it smooth and level. Rake the soil, press the seed into it, then cover it lightly. American English: rake Brazilian Portuguese: nivelar Chinese: 耙平 European Spanish: rastrillar French: ratisser German: harken Italian: rastrellare Japanese: 熊手でかく Korean: 써레질을 하다 European Portuguese: nivelar Latin American Spanish: rastrillar All related terms of 'rake' rake in If you say that someone is raking in money, you mean that they are making a lot of money very easily , more easily than you think they should. rake up If someone is raking up something unpleasant or embarrassing that happened in the past , they are talking about it when you would prefer them not to mention it. hay rake a farm implement used to rake hay from a swath into a windrow rake-off If someone who has helped to arrange a business deal takes or gets a rake-off , they illegally or unfairly take a share of the profits. rake over If you say that someone is raking over something that has been said , done, or written in the past , you mean that they are examining and discussing it in detail , in a way that you do not think is very pleasant . oyster rake a rake with a long handle and curved teeth for gathering in oysters from shallow waters rake angle The rake angle is the angle of the surface of a cutting tool tip over which the removed chips flow. thin as a rake extremely thin rake over the coals to talk about something that happened in the past which you think should now be forgotten or ignored Chinese translation of 'rake' rake (reɪk) n (c) (= tool) 耙 (pá) (个(個), gè) (o.f., = person) 花花公子 (huāhuā gōngzǐ) (个(個), gè) vt [soil] 耙 (pá) [leaves, lawn] 耙拢(攏) (pálǒng) [light, gun] [area] 扫(掃)射 (sǎoshè) he's raking it in (inf) 他发(發)大财(財)了 (tā fā dàcái le) 1 (verb) in the sense of scrape Definition to smooth (a surface) with a rake The beach is raked and cleaned daily. Synonyms scrape She scraped food off the plates into the bin. level I'd been levelling off the ground before putting up the shed. smooth She stood up and smoothed down her frock. break up scratch The old man lifted his cardigan to scratch his side. flatten Bombing raids flattened much of the area. scour harrow hoe 2 (verb) in the sense of gather Definition to scrape or gather with a rake I watched the men rake leaves into heaps. Synonyms gather In the evenings, we gathered round the fire and talked. collect They collected donations for a fund to help the earthquake victims. scrape together scrape up remove 3 (verb) in the sense of strafe Definition to direct (gunfire) along the length of (a target) The caravan was raked with bullets. Synonyms strafe pepper The roof was peppered with fallen rocks. enfilade 4 (verb) in the sense of graze Definition to scrape or graze Ragged fingernails raked her skin. Synonyms graze I had grazed my knees a little. scratch He had blood on his nose and he had scratched his knees. scrape She stumbled and fell, scraping her palms and knees. lacerate abrade The rough rock had abraded her skin. 5 (verb) in the sense of search Definition to search or examine carefully Many can only survive by raking through dustbins. Synonyms search Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday. hunt examine He examined her passport and stamped it. scan The officer scanned the room. comb Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon. scour We scoured the telephone directory for clues. ransack Why should they be allowed to ransack your bag? forage They were forced to forage for clothes and fuel. scrutinize She scrutinized his features. fossick (Australian, New Zealand) If you fossick around in some specialist music stores, you may be lucky enough to find a copy. Phrasal verbs See rake something in See rake something up (noun) in the sense of libertine Definition an immoral man As a young man I was a rake. Synonyms libertine a self-confessed coward, libertine and scoundrel playboy Father was a playboy. swinger (slang) profligate He was a profligate and a pornographer. lecher He's just a pathetic little lecher. roué sensualist voluptuary debauchee rakehell (archaic) dissolute man lech or letch (informal) Opposites monk , puritan , celibate , ascetic Additional synonyms in the sense of abrade The rough rock had abraded her skin. Synonyms scrape, grind, skin, file, scratch, erode, graze, erase, scour, wear off, rub off, wear down, scuff, wear away, scrape away, scrape out in the sense of collect Definition to receive payments of (taxes, dues, or contributions) They collected donations for a fund to help the earthquake victims. Synonyms raise, secure, gather, obtain, acquire, muster, solicit in the sense of comb Definition to search with great care Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon. Synonyms search, hunt through, sweep, rake, sift, scour, rummage, ransack, forage, fossick (Australian, New Zealand), go through with a fine-tooth comb Nearby words of rake raise hell raise someone's hackles or make someone's hackles rise raised rake rake something in rake something up rakish Related terms of rake rake something in rake something up Synonyms of 'rake' rake Explore 'rake' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of debauchee Synonyms libertine, rake, playboy, swinger (slang), wanton, profligate, Lothario, roué, sensualist in the sense of examine Definition to inspect carefully or in detail He examined her passport and stamped it. Synonyms inspect, test, consider, study, check, research, review, survey, investigate, explore, probe, analyse, scan, vet, check out, ponder, look over, look at, sift through, work over, pore over, appraise, scrutinize, peruse, take stock of, assay, recce (slang), look at carefully, go over or through in the sense of flatten Definition to knock down or injure Bombing raids flattened much of the area. Synonyms destroy, level, ruin, demolish, knock down, pull down, tear down, throw down, bulldoze, raze, remove, kennet (Australian, slang), jeff (Australian, slang) in the sense of forage Definition to obtain by searching about They were forced to forage for clothes and fuel. Synonyms search, hunt, scavenge, cast about, seek, explore, raid, scour, plunder, look round, rummage, ransack, scrounge (informal), fossick (Australian, New Zealand) in the sense of fossick Definition to search for, through, or in something; to forage If you fossick around in some specialist music stores, you may be lucky enough to find a copy. Synonyms search, hunt, explore, ferret, check, forage, rummage in the sense of lecher He's just a pathetic little lecher. Synonyms womanizer, seducer, rake, Don Juan, wanton, profligate, Casanova, libertine, dirty old man (slang), satyr, roué, sensualist, fornicator, wolf (informal), goat (informal), debauchee, lech or letch (informal) in the sense of level Definition to make horizontal or even I'd been levelling off the ground before putting up the shed. Synonyms flatten, plane, smooth, make flat, even off or out in the sense of pepper Definition to pelt with small missiles The roof was peppered with fallen rocks. Synonyms pelt, hit, shower, scatter, blitz, riddle, rake, bombard, assail, strafe, rain down on in the sense of playboy Definition a rich man who devotes himself to such pleasures as nightclubs and female company Father was a playboy. Synonyms womanizer, philanderer, rake, socialite, man about town, pleasure seeker, lady-killer (informal), roué, lover boy (slang), ladies' man in the sense of profligate Definition a profligate person He was a profligate and a pornographer. Synonyms degenerate, rake, dissipater, swinger (slang), libertine, reprobate, roué, debauchee Additional synonyms in the sense of ransack Definition to search through every part of (a place or thing) Why should they be allowed to ransack your bag? Synonyms search, go through, rummage through, rake through, explore, comb, scour, forage, turn inside out, fossick (Australian, New Zealand) in the sense of scan Definition to scrutinize carefully The officer scanned the room. Synonyms survey, search, investigate, sweep, con (archaic), scour, scrutinize, take stock of, recce (slang) in the sense of scour Definition to search thoroughly and energetically We scoured the telephone directory for clues. Synonyms search, hunt, comb, ransack, forage, look high and low, go over with a fine-tooth comb in the sense of scratch Definition to tear or dig with the nails or claws The old man lifted his cardigan to scratch his side. Synonyms rub, scrape, claw at in the sense of scratch Definition to rub against (the skin) causing a slight cut He had blood on his nose and he had scratched his knees. Synonyms cut, skin, wound, rub, bark, scrape, graze, rasp, chafe, lacerate, abrade in the sense of scrutinize Definition to examine carefully or in minute detail She scrutinized his features. Synonyms examine, study, inspect, research, search, investigate, explore, probe, analyse, scan, sift, dissect, work over, pore over, peruse, inquire into, go over with a fine-tooth comb in the sense of smooth Definition to remove in order to make smooth She stood up and smoothed down her frock. Synonyms flatten, level, press, plane, iron
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