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单词 awake
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awake

adjective
/əˈweɪk/
/əˈweɪk/
[not before noun]
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  1. not asleep (especially immediately before or after sleeping)
    • to be half/fully awake
    • to be wide awake (= fully awake)
    • I was still awake when he came to bed.
    • The noise was keeping everyone awake.
    • I was finding it hard to stay awake.
    • He lies awake at night worrying about his job.
    • She was awake (= not unconscious) during the operation on her leg.
    Extra Examples
    • It was very early and I was only half awake.
    • Stephen jerked awake from a nightmare.
    • Claudia came awake slowly.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • lie
    • come
    • …
    adverb
    • fully
    • wide
    • barely
    • …
    See full entry
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    Word OriginOld English āwæcnan, āwacian, both used in the sense ‘come out of sleep’ (from a- ‘to, towards’ and wake).

awake

verb
/əˈweɪk/
/əˈweɪk/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they awake
/əˈweɪk/
/əˈweɪk/
he / she / it awakes
/əˈweɪks/
/əˈweɪks/
past simple awoke
/əˈwəʊk/
/əˈwəʊk/
past participle awoken
/əˈwəʊkən/
/əˈwəʊkən/
-ing form awaking
/əˈweɪkɪŋ/
/əˈweɪkɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to wake up; to make somebody wake up
    • awake (somebody) (from/to something) I awoke from a deep sleep.
    • The girls awoke to the sound of rain rattling on the windows.
    • awake to do something He awoke to find her gone.
    • awake somebody Her voice awoke the sleeping child.
    Which Word? awake / awaken / wake up / wakenawake / awaken / wake up / waken
    • Wake (up) is the most common of these verbs. It can mean somebody has finished sleeping:
      • What time do you usually wake up?
      or that somebody or something has disturbed your sleep:
      • The children woke me up.
      • I was woken (up) by the telephone.
    • The verb awake is usually only used in writing and in the past tense awoke:
      • She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine.
      Waken and awaken are much more formal. Awaken is used especially in literature:
      • The Prince awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss.
    • Awake is also an adjective:
      • I was awake half the night worrying.
      • Is the baby awake yet?
      Waking is not used in this way.
    see also asleep, sleep
    Extra Examples
    • She awoke early the next morning.
    • He awoke suddenly in a cold sweat.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • early
    • late
    • abruptly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive, transitive] awake (something) if an emotion awakes or something awakes an emotion, you start to feel that emotion
    • His speech is bound to awake old fears and hostilities.
    3. Word OriginOld English āwæcnan, āwacian, both used in the sense ‘come out of sleep’ (from a- ‘to, towards’ and wake).
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