rake /reɪk/ CET6+ TEM8 ( raking, raked, rakes )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT 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. (长柄) 耙子

• 2. 

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

  例：

  Rake the soil, press the seed into it, then cover it lightly.

  耙平土，把种子按进土里，然后再把它轻轻地盖上。

• 3. 

  V-T If you rake leaves or ashes, you move them somewhere using a rake or a similar tool. 耙

  例：

  I watched the men rake leaves into heaps.

  我看见男人们把树叶耙成堆。

• 4. 

  N a dissolute man, esp one in fashionable society; roué 放荡的男人

• 5. 

  V to incline from the vertical by a perceptible degree, esp (of a ship's mast or funnel) towards the stern (船桅或烟囱)向船尾倾斜

• 6. 

  N the degree to which an object, such as a ship's mast, inclines from the perpendicular, esp towards the stern (船桅等)向船尾的倾斜度

• 7. 

  V (of gun dogs or hounds) to hunt with the nose to the ground (猎犬)鼻子贴地追踪猎物