| 释义 |
rake·hell
I. \ˈrākˌhel\ adjective
or rake·helly \-lē\
Etymology: rakehell perhaps alteration (influenced by the phrase to rake hell) of earlier rackle rash, impetuous, headstrong, from Middle English rakel, rakil; rakehelly from rakehell (II) + -y
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a rakehell : dissolute, licentious, rascally
< ready to abjure the rakehell life — Lee Rogow >
< rakehell amours >
II. noun
: a dissolute or profligate person : libertine, rake, rascal
< the favorite resort of the courtesans and the rakehells — W.S.Clark > |