| 单词 | wake |
| 释义 | wake wake1 —waker, n. /wayk/, v. , waked or woke, waked or woken, waking, n. v.i. 1. to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up). 2. to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's daydreams. 3. to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken: to wake to the true situation. 4. to be or continue to be awake: Whether I wake or sleep, I think of you. 5. to remain awake for some purpose, duty, etc.: I will wake until you return. 6. to hold a wake over a corpse. 7. to keep watch or vigil. v.t. 8. to rouse from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often fol. by up): Don't wake me for breakfast. Wake me up at six o'clock. 9. to rouse from lethargy, apathy, ignorance, etc. (often fol. by up): The tragedy woke us up to the need for safety precautions. 10. to hold a wake for or over (a dead person). 11. to keep watch or vigil over. n. 12. a watching, or a watch kept, esp. for some solemn or ceremonial purpose. 13. a watch or vigil by the body of a dead person before burial, sometimes accompanied by feasting or merrymaking. 14. a local annual festival in England, formerly held in honor of the patron saint or on the anniversary of the dedication of a church but now usually having little or no religious significance. 15. the state of being awake: between sleep and wake. [bef. 900; (v.) in sense "to become awake" continuing ME waken, OE *wacan (found only in past tense woc and the compounds onwacan, awacan to become awake; see AWAKE (v.)); in sense "to be awake" continuing ME waken, OE wacian (c. OFris wakia, OS wakon, ON vaka, Goth wakan); in sense "to rouse from sleep" continuing ME waken, r. ME wecchen, OE weccan, prob. altered by assoc. with the other senses and with the k of ON vaka; (n.) ME: state of wakefulness, vigil (late ME: vigil over a dead body), prob. continuing OE *wacu (found only in nihtwacu night-watch); all ult. < Gmc *wak- be lively; akin to WATCH, VEGETABLE, VIGIL] Syn. 8. arouse. 9. stimulate, activate, animate, kindle, provoke. Ant. 1. sleep. wake2 /wayk/, n. 1. the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness. 2. the path or course of anything that has passed or preceded: The tornado left ruin in its wake. 3. in the wake of, a. as a result of: An investigation followed in the wake of the scandal. b. succeeding; following: in the wake of the pioneers. [1540-50; < MLG, D wake, or ON vok hole in the ice] |
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