单词 | wake |
释义 | Word Frequency wake 1(weɪk) verbWord forms: wakes, waking, woke or woken 1. (often foll by up) to rouse or become roused from sleep 2. (often foll by up) to rouse or become roused from inactivity 3. (intr; often foll by to or up to) to become conscious or aware at last he woke to the situation 4. (intransitive) to be or remain awake 5. (transitive) to arouse (feelings etc) 6. dialect to hold a wake over (a corpse) 7. archaic or dialect to keep watch over 8. wake up and smell the coffee noun ▶ USAGE Where there is an object and the sense is the literal one wake (up) and waken are the commonest forms: I wakened him; I woke him (up). Both verbs are also commonly used without an object: I woke up. Awake and awaken are preferred to other forms of wake where the sense is a figurative one: he awoke to the danger9. a watch or vigil held over the body of a dead person during the night before burial 10. (in Ireland) festivities held after a funeral 11. the patronal or dedication festival of English parish churches 12. a solemn or ceremonial vigil 13. (usually plural) an annual holiday in any of various towns in northern England, when the local factory or factories close, usually for a week or two weeks 14. rare the state of being awake Derived forms waker (ˈwaker) noun Word origin Old English wacian; related to Old Frisian wakia, Old High German wahtēnWord Frequency wake 2(weɪk) noun 1. the waves or track left by a vessel or other object moving through water 2. the track or path left by anything that has passed wrecked houses in the wake of the hurricane Word origin C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse vaka, vök hole cut in ice, Swedish vak, Danish vaage; perhaps related to Old Norse vökr, Middle Dutch wak wet |
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