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be a rake
He is a rake.
他是个浪荡子。
耙子；耙状工具
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
耙子；耙状工具
A garden tool with a long handle and a row of teeth, used for collecting leaves, grass, or smoothing/loosening soil; a similar implement for other purposes.
He is a rake.
他是个浪荡子。
一种园艺工具,带有一排尖齿,固定在长柄上,用于收集碎屑、草等,平整地面或松土；也指由马或拖拉机牵引的类似工具
A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
耙的动作
The act of raking.
垂直或近乎垂直穿过地层的裂缝或矿脉
A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
与水平或垂直的偏离；倾斜,斜坡。
A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
The scandalous rake spent his fortune on gambling and lavish parties.
那个丑闻缠身的浪子把财产都挥霍在赌博和奢华派对上。
Despite his reputation as a rake, he was surprisingly well-read.
尽管他素有浪子之名，却出人意料地博览群书。
The novel's protagonist is a charming rake who eventually reforms.
这部小说的主人公是一个迷人的浪子，最终改过自新。
He is a rake.
他是个浪荡子。
He was known as a rake in his youth.
他年轻时被认为是个浪荡子。
He lived as a rake and spent all his fortune.
他过着浪荡子的生活，花光了所有财产。
用所有格形式指代这个人的属性。
The rake's behavior scandalized the town.
这个浪荡子的行为让全镇震惊。
Not this
He is rake.
Use this
He is a rake.
英语中单数可数名词前需要冠词a/an或the，这里'rake'作为可数名词，前面缺少不定冠词a。
Not this
He is raking around town.
Use this
He is a rake around town.
'rake'作名词意为'浪荡子'，而'raking'是动词的现在分词形式，意为'搜索'或'耙'，与句意不符。应用名词形式并加冠词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
园艺耙子
She bought a new garden rake for the autumn clean-up.
她为秋季大扫除买了一把新的园艺耙子。
落叶耙
Use a leaf rake to gather the scattered leaves into a pile.
用落叶耙把散落的树叶聚成一堆。
手耙
He used a hand rake to loosen the soil around the seedlings.
他用手耙松动了幼苗周围的土壤。
耙柄
The rake handle is too long for the small storage shed.
这把耙子的耙柄对于小储物棚来说太长了。
严厉斥责某人
The boss raked him over the coals for missing the deadline.
老板因为他错过了截止日期而严厉斥责了他。
挣大钱，发财
After her app went viral, she started raking it in.
她的应用走红后，她开始挣大钱了。
重提（不愉快的往事）
Why do you have to rake up the past?
你为什么非要重提往事呢？
《浪子的历程》
The Rake's Progress is a series of paintings by William Hogarth and later an opera by Stravinsky; in the title, 'rake' means a fashionable man who lives a dissolute life.
《浪子的历程》是威廉·贺加斯的系列画作，后来也成为斯特拉文斯基的歌剧；标题中的“rake”指生活放荡的时髦男子。
Use rake naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：rake 发音像‘瑞克’，想象瑞克握长柄耙子搂草；同一个词又指打扮时髦、生活放荡的‘花花公子’。
语域：mixed 常见场景：园艺、矿业/地质、机械工程、文学/旧式 “rake”作名词时，常见义“耙子”通常用于日常园艺，语域中性；“浪荡子”等义项多用于文学或旧式叙述；“矿脉”“倾斜角”等义项比较常见于专业领域。整体语域随上下文变化，建议按搭配判断。
这些词都与 rake 押韵，重读音节中的元音相同并都以 /eɪk/ 结尾。注意 rack /ræk/ 等拼写相似的词发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.