rakehell

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹeɪkhɛl/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lewd or wanton person; a debauchee; a rake. archaic
    — It seldom doth happen, in any way of life, that a sluggard and a rakehell do not go together.
形容词 adj.
  1. Immoral; dissolute. archaic
    — And farre away, amid their rakehell bands, / They spide a Lady left all succourlesse […].

词形变化

more rakehell comparative most rakehell superlative rake-hell alternative rakehells plural rake-hell alternative

词源

词源 1
From to rake (out) hell (“to search through hell thoroughly”), in the sense of a person so evil or immoral that they cannot be found in hell even after an extensive search: see rake (“to search through (thoroughly)”). Compare rakeshame.
词源 2
From to rake (out) hell (“to search through hell thoroughly”), in the sense of a person so evil or immoral that they cannot be found in hell even after an extensive search: see rake (“to search through (thoroughly)”). Compare rakeshame.
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