| 单词 | wake |
| 释义 | wake (weɪk ) Word forms: wakes , waking , woke , woken language note: The form waked is used in American English for the past tense. 1. verb B1 When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep. It was cold and dark when I woke at 6.30. [VERB] Bob woke slowly to sunshine pouring in his window. [VERB + to] She woke to find her dark room lit by flashing lights. [VERB to-infinitive] She went upstairs to wake Milton. [VERB noun] Synonyms: awake, stir, awaken, come to Wake up means the same as wake. One morning I woke up and felt something was wrong. [VERB PARTICLE] At dawn I woke him up and said we were leaving. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. countable noun [usually singular, with poss] The wake of a boat or other object moving in water is the track of waves that it makes behind it as it moves through the water. The ride was smooth until they got into the merchant ship's wake. Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats. [+ of] Synonyms: slipstream, wash, trail, backwash 3. countable noun [usually singular] A wake is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone's funeral. A funeral wake was in progress. Synonyms: vigil, watch, funeral, deathwatch 4. phrase If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it. The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention. The company is in bankruptcy proceedings in the wake of a strike that began last spring. 5. waking hours phrase [usually with poss] Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep. It was work which consumed most of his waking hours. Most of their waking hours are spent eating. 6. in sb's wake phrase If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go. Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake. The tanks left burning vehicles in their wake as they ploughed through makeshift barricades. 7. in sb's wake phrase If you are following in someone's wake, you are following them or their example. In his wake came a waiter wheeling a trolley. ...the endless stream of female artists who released albums in her wake. Phrasal verbs: wake up 1. phrasal verb B1 If something such as an activity wakes you up, it makes you more alert and ready to do things after you have been lazy or inactive. A cool shower wakes up the body and boosts circulation. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. See also wake [sense 1] wake up to phrasal verb If you wake up to something, you become aware of it. Lithuanians are waking up to a world of increasing shortages. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] People should wake up to the fact that people with disabilities have got a vote as well. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] Idioms: wake up and smell the coffee said when you are telling someone to be more realistic and more aware of what is happening around them It would really serve you well to wake up and smell the coffee and quit acting like a teenager! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in something's wake if an event leaves an unpleasant situation in its wake, that situation happens after that event or is caused by it A deadly cloud of gas swept along the valleys north of Lake Nyos in western Cameroon, leaving a trail of death and devastation in its wake. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in the wake of something happening after an earlier event, especially an unpleasant one, often as a result of it The trouble at Shotts prison follows in the wake of unrest at several prisons in England. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 醒来/唤醒, 尾波船只或其他物体在水中前行时留下的 Japanese: 起こす/起きる, 航跡 |
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