The meaning "smart, jaunty, dashing" (1824) is said to be a different word, probably from rake "slant, slope" (1620s), used especially in reference to any deviation from the vertical in a ship's masts, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Old Swedish raka "project, reach;" Danish rage "protrude, project") related to Old English reccan "stretch." "The piratical craft of former times were distinguished for their rakish build" [Century Dictionary].
实用例句
1. He wore his cap at a rakish angle.
他歪戴着帽子.
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2. He looked as if he had glued the rakish beard on to his solemn face.
他看上去就象是把流云般的胡须贴在他庄重的脸上一样.
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3. He was a serious young man, not rakish or loud - voiced like the others.
他是个规规矩矩的青年, 不象其它小伙子那样流里流气或大叫大嚷.
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4. Wild flowers standed side by side, making soft lake rakish.
湖边一排排的野花, 使这柔软的湖水又生了几分俏皮.
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5. We were schooner - rigged and rakish , with a long and lissome hull ( John Masefield )
