rake

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. (長柄) 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

Rake the soil, press the seed into it, then cover it lightly. 耙平土，把種子按進土里，然后再把它輕輕地蓋上。

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

I watched the men rake leaves into heaps. 我看見男人們把樹葉耙成堆。

4. N a dissolute man, esp one in fashionable society; roué 放蕩的男人

5. V to incline from the vertical by a perceptible degree, esp (of a ship's mast or funnel) towards the stern (船桅或煙囪)向船尾傾斜

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)向船尾的傾斜度

7. V (of gun dogs or hounds) to hunt with the nose to the ground (獵犬)鼻子貼地追蹤獵物