1. (長柄的）耙子，釘齒耙
    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. 耙松；耙平
    If you rake a surface, you move a rake across it in order to make it smooth and level.

    e.g. Rake the soil, press the seed into it, then cover it lightly...
           將土耙松，把種子種在土里，然后輕輕地蓋上土。
    e.g. The beach is raked and cleaned daily.
           每天都有人把海灘耙平并且清理干凈。

3. 用耙子耙（樹葉、灰土等）
    If you rake leaves or ashes, you move them somewhere using a rake or a similar tool.

    e.g. I watched the men rake leaves into heaps...
           我看著那些人把葉子耙成堆。
    e.g. She raked out the ashes from the boiler.
           她把爐灰從鍋爐里面耙了出來。

4. （用槍或光）掃射，掃過
    If someone rakes an area with gunfire or with light, they cover it thoroughly by moving the gun or the light across from one side of the area to another.

    e.g. Planes dropped bombs and raked the beach with machine gun fire...
           飛機投下炸彈，并用機關(guān)槍掃射海灘。
    e.g. The caravan was raked with bullets...
           車隊遭到了子彈掃射。

5. （樹枝或手指甲）刮擦，抓，劃
    If branches or someone's finger nails rake your skin, they scrape across it.

    e.g. Ragged fingernails raked her skin...
           粗糙的指甲劃過她的皮膚。
    e.g. He found the man's cheeks and raked them with his nails.
           他摸到了那人的臉頰并用指甲抓過去。

6. （在一堆東西中）搜索
    If you rake through a pile of objects or rubbish, you search through it thoroughly with your hands.

    e.g. Many can survive only by raking through dustbins.
           許多人靠在垃圾箱中尋食才能夠活下來。

7. 放蕩的人；浪子；流氓
    If you call a man a rake, you mean that he is rather immoral, for example because he gambles, drinks, or has sexual relationships with many women.

相關(guān)詞組：rake inrake overrake up