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| 1 | I/T to use a rake to make an area of soil level or to remove leaves from the ground （用耙子）耙，耙平 |
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| 2 | T to pull your fingers through or along something , for example your hair or skin （用手指）抓（头发或皮肤） | She sat down, nervously raking her fingers through her hair. 她坐下来，手指紧张地抓挠着头发。 | |
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| 3 | T to use a tool to separate the pieces of burning coal or wood in a fire （用工具）拨开（燃烧的煤或木头） |
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| 4 | T to fire a gun across a wide area （用枪）扫射 | Passing vehicles were raked with machine-gun fire. 过往车辆遭到了机枪的扫射。 | |
| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌrake ˈin |
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| | to earn a lot of money 赚，捞（大笔的钱） | be raking it in A lot of computer engineers nowadays are raking it in. 现在许多计算机工程师都在赚大钱。 | |
| - | ˌrake ˈoff |
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| | to take a part of the profits from something , especially in an unfair or dishonest way （尤指不正当地）拿回扣 |
| - | ˌrake ˈover |
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| | rake over sth: to continue to talk about something unpleasant that other people no longer want to talk or think about 不断提及（令人不愉快的事） | There’ s no point in raking over the past. 翻旧账是毫无意义的。 | |
| - | ˌrake ˈthrough |
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| | rake through sth: to search a place quickly for something 仔细搜索 | He raked through his pockets, trying to find a pen. 他仔细搜他的口袋，想找一支钢笔。 | |
| - | ˌrake ˈup |
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| | to mention something unpleasant that happened in the past and that other people do not want to talk about 重提（不愉快的往事） | Newspaper journalists are always raking up scandalous stories. 新闻记者总喜欢炒作一些过时的丑闻。 | |
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