rake
英 [reɪk]
美 [rek]
- vi. 搜索；用耙子耙；掠过，擦过
- vt. 倾斜；搜索；掠过；用耙子耙
- n. 耙子；斜度；钱耙；放荡的人，浪子
- n. (Rake)人名；(英)雷克；(塞)拉凯
助记提示
1. rack, reach => rake.
2. reg- => rake.
3. This was short for the now defunct rakehell, which comes from the notion that one would have to search through hell with a rake to find such a bad man.
中文词源
rake 耙子，倾斜来自古英语 raca,耙子，来自 Proto-Germanic*rak,堆集，集中，来自 PIE*reg,伸直，拉直，词 源同 regulate,reach,rack.可能由堆积引申词义陡坡，倾斜。
rake 浪子，放荡子缩写自 rakehell.
英文词源
- rake
- rake: English has three distinct words rake. The oldest, ‘toothed implement’ [OE], goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *rak- or *rek- ‘gather, heap up’, which also produced German rechen ‘rake’. It may be descended ultimately from Indo-European *rog-, *reg- ‘stretch’ (source of Latin regere ‘rule’ and English right), the notion of ‘stretching’ developing via ‘stretch out the hand’ to ‘collect, gather’. Rake ‘slant, inclination’ [17] is of uncertain origin, although it seems likely that it is related to German ragen ‘project’.
It formed the basis of the adjective rakish [19] (inspired originally by the backwardinclined masts on certain fast sailing ships), but this has since become associated with the third rake, ‘dissolute man’ [17]. This was short for the now defunct rakehell [16], which comes from the notion that one would have to search through hell with a rake to find such a bad man.
=> right; rakish - rake (n.1)
- "toothed tool for drawing or scraping things together," Old English raca "rake," earlier ræce, from Proto-Germanic *rak- "gather, heap up" (cognates: Old Norse reka "spade, shovel," Old High German rehho, German Rechen "a rake," Gothic rikan "to heap up, collect"), from PIE *reg- (1) "move in a straight line" (cognates: Greek oregein "to reach, stretch out," Latin regere "direct, rule; keep straight, guide;" see regal), perhaps via its action, or via the notion of "implement with straight pieces of wood" [Watkins].
- rake (v.)
- mid-13c., "clear (rubbish, grass, etc.) by raking; gather (grain) by raking," from rake (n.1), or from a lost Old English verb related to it, or from a similar Scandinavian source (compare Swedish raka, Danish rage "rake"). Of gunfire from 1630s. Related: Raked; raking. To rake in money or something like it is from 1580s.
- rake (n.2)
- "debauchee; idle, dissolute person," 1650s, shortening of rakehell. Hogarth's "Rake's Progress" engravings were published in 1735.
双语例句
- 1. Rake the soil, press the seed into it, then cover it lightly.
- 将土耙松，把种子种在土里，然后轻轻地盖上土。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The privatisation allowed companies to rake in huge profits.
- 私有化使许多公司大赚了一笔。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Nobody wanted to rake over his past history.
- 没人愿意重提旧事。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. In the autumn I rake up the dead leaves.
- 秋天我把死叶耙拢.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Rake out the cinders before you start a new fire.
- 在重新点火前先把煤渣耙出来.
来自《简明英汉词典》