wake

verb
/weɪk/
/weɪk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they wake
/weɪk/
/weɪk/
he / she / it wakes
/weɪks/
/weɪks/
past simple woke
/wəʊk/
/wəʊk/
past participle woken
/ˈwəʊkən/
/ˈwəʊkən/
-ing form waking
/ˈweɪkɪŋ/
/ˈweɪkɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to stop sleeping; to make somebody stop sleeping 醒;醒来;唤醒;弄醒
    • I always wake early in the summer. 我夏天总是醒得早。
    • Tom woke with a start and lifted his head. 汤姆被惊醒,抬起头。
    • wake up What time do you usually wake up in the morning? 通常你早晨几点钟醒?
    • I woke up an hour earlier than I wanted to. 我比我想的早一个小时醒来。
    • wake to something (formal) They woke to a clear blue sky. 他们醒来时天空碧蓝。
    • I woke to the sound of heavy rain outside. 我被外面大雨的声音吵醒了。
    • wake from something (formal) She had just woken from a deep sleep. 她刚从熟睡中醒来。
    • wake up to do something He woke up to find himself alone in the house. 他醒来时发现屋里只有他一个人。
    • wake to do something The woman woke to see the defendant in her bedroom. 该女子醒来时发现被告在她的卧室里。
    • wake somebody I was woken by the sound of someone moving around. 有人来回走动的响声把我吵醒了。
    • wake somebody up Try not to wake the baby up. 尽量别把孩子弄醒。
    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: 上述动词中 wake (up) 最常用,可表示睡醒: What time do you usually wake up? 你通常什么时候醒来?
    or that somebody or something has disturbed your sleep: 亦指弄醒、唤醒: The children woke me up. 孩子们把我吵醒了。 I was woken (up) by the telephone. 我被电话吵醒了。
  2. The verb awake is usually only used in writing and in the past tense awoke: 动词 awake 通常只用于书面语,而且用过去时 awoke: She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine. 她醒来时是阳光灿烂的一天。 Waken and awaken are much more formal. Awaken is used especially in literature: The Prince awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss. 王子用一个吻唤醒了睡美人。
  3. Awake is also an adjective: awake 亦作形容词: I was awake half the night worrying. 我忧心忡忡,半宿不能成眠。 Is the baby awake yet? 宝宝醒来了吗? Waking is not used in this way.
  4. see also asleep, sleep
Extra Examples
  • Any minute now she'd wake up to find herself at home safe in bed. 现在,她随时都会醒来,发现自己在家里,安全地躺在床上。
  • Be careful not to wake the children! 注意别吵醒孩子们!
  • She had just woken up from a deep sleep. 她刚从沉睡中醒来。
  • She had woken even earlier than usual. 她比平时醒得还早。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
  • gently
verb + wake
  • be careful not to
  • not want to
  • try not to
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  • [transitive] wake something (literary or formal) to make somebody remember something or feel something again 唤起(记忆);使再次感觉到
  • Word Originverb Old English (recorded only in the past tense wōc), also partly from the weak verb wacian ‘remain awake, hold a vigil’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waken and German wachen; compare with watch.
    Idioms
    wake up and smell the coffee
    1. (informal) used to tell somebody to become aware of what is really happening in a situation, especially when this is something unpleasant 要清醒面对现实

    wake

    noun
    /weɪk/
    /weɪk/
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    1. an occasion before or after a funeral when people gather to remember the dead person, traditionally held the night before the funeral to watch over the body before it is buried (葬礼前的)守夜;守灵 Topics Life stagesc2
    2. the track that a boat or ship leaves behind on the surface of the water (船只航行时的)尾流,伴流,航迹
      Topics Transport by waterc2
    3. Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English (recorded only in the past tense wōc), also partly from the weak verb wacian ‘remain awake, hold a vigil’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch waken and German wachen; compare with watch. noun sense 2 late 15th cent. (denoting a track made by a person or thing): probably via Middle Low German from Old Norse vǫk, vaka ‘hole or opening in ice’.
    Idioms
    in the wake of somebody/something
    1. coming after or following somebody/something 随…之后而来;跟随在…后
      • There have been demonstrations on the streets in the wake of the recent bomb attack. 在近来的轰炸之后,大街上随即出现了示威游行。
      • A group of reporters followed in her wake. 一群记者跟随在她的身后。
      • The storm left a trail of destruction in its wake. 暴风雨过处满目疮痍。