rake

浪子, 流氓; 放荡的人

rake

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

any of several mechanical farm implements equipped with rows of teeth or rotating wheels mounted with tines and used to gather hay, straw, etc

any of various implements similar in shape or function, such as a tool for drawing out ashes from a furnace

the act of raking

a line of wagons coupled together as one unit, used on railways

to scrape, gather, or remove (leaves, refuse, etc) with or as if with a rake

to level or prepare (a surface, such as a flower bed) with a rake or similar implement

to clear (ashes, clinker, etc) from (a fire or furnace)

to gather (items or people) with difficulty, as from a scattered area or limited supply

to search or examine carefully

to scrape or graze

to direct (gunfire) along the length of (a target)

to sweep (one's eyes) along the length of (something); scan

See rake in See rake-off See rake up

rake

a dissolute man, esp one in fashionable society; roué

rake

to incline from the vertical by a perceptible degree, esp (of a ship's mast or funnel) towards the stern

to construct with a backward slope

the degree to which an object, such as a ship's mast, inclines from the perpendicular, esp towards the stern

the slope of a stage from the back towards the footlights

the angle between the wings of an aircraft and the line of symmetry of the aircraft.the angle between the line joining the centroids of the section of a propeller blade and a line perpendicular to the axis

the angle between the working face of a cutting tool and a plane perpendicular to the surface of the workpiece

a slanting ledge running across a crag in the Lake District

rake

(of gun dogs or hounds) to hunt with the nose to the ground

to pursue quarry in full flight.to fly wide of the quarry, esp beyond the control of the falconer