rakehell 浪子,放荡子rake,耙子,耙地,hell,地狱。比喻用法,即搜遍地狱也要找到的坏人。
- rakehell (n.)
- 1540s, possibly an alteration (by association with rake (n.1) and Hell) of Middle English rakel (adj.) "hasty, rash, headstrong," probably from raken "to go, proceed," from Old English racian "to go forward, move, hasten," of unknown origin. Compare rakeshame (n.) "one who lives shamefully" (1590s).