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Awake Awoke I Wake Verb Wide əˈweɪk Half

The word "awake" can be used as an adjective meaning not sleeping, or as a verb meaning to wake up or to cause someone to wake up. It also has the idiom "wide awake" which means fully awake.

英语和中文

word awake
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Collins
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/əwe͟ɪk/
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]醒着的;没睡着的 Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
  [v-link ADJ]
  • I don't stay awake at night worrying about that...

    我并没有因为那件事而担心得彻夜不眠。

  • Nightmares kept me awake all night.

    噩梦扰得我整夜未眠。

2
[PHRASE 短语]毫无睡意的;失眠的 Someone who is wide awake is fully awake and unable to sleep.
  [usu v-link PHR]
  • I could not relax and still felt wide awake.

    我没法放松下来,还是觉得睡意全无。

3
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]醒来;唤醒;叫醒 When you awake or when something awakes you, you wake up.
  [V]
  [V prep]
  [V n]
  [Also V to-inf]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • At midnight he awoke and listened to the radio for a few minutes...

    他半夜醒来,听了一会儿收音机。

  • I awoke to the sound of the wind in the trees...

    外面风吹树响把我吵醒了。

  • The sound of many voices awoke her with a start.

    一阵杂乱的说话声把她惊醒了。


Oxford awake / əˈweɪk ; NAmE əˈweɪk /
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awake awakes awoke awaking awoken
adjective [not before noun ] not asleep (especially immediately before or after sleeping) 醒着(尤指入睡前或刚醒时) to be half/fully awake 半睡半醒;睡意全无 to be wide awake (= fully awake) 毫无睡意 I was still awake when he came to bed. 他就寝时我还没有入睡。 The noise was keepingeveryone awake. 喧闹声吵得大家都睡不着。 I was finding it hard to stay awake. 我已困得难熬。 He lies awakeat night worrying about his job. 他担心他的工作,夜晚躺在床上睡不着。 She was awake (= not unconscious)during the operation on her leg. 给她的腿动手术时她一直醒着。 verb ( awoke / əˈwəʊk ; NAmE əˈwoʊk / , awoken / əˈwəʊkən ; NAmE əˈwoʊkən / ) ( formal) 1 [intransitive ,  transitive ] to wake up; to make sb wake up (使)醒来 awake(sb) (from/to sth) I awoke from a deep sleep. 我从沉睡中醒来。 awaketo do sth He awoke to find her gone. 他醒来发现她已经走了。 awakesb Her voice awoke the sleeping child. 她的声音惊醒了睡着的小孩。 2 [intransitive ,  transitive ] awake(sth) if an emotion awakesor sth awakesan emotion, you start to feel that emotion 唤起;被唤起 His speech is bound to awake old fears and hostilities. 他的发言必然要激起昔日的恐惧和敌对情绪。 PHRASAL VERB aˈwake to sth to become aware of sth and its possible effects or results 察觉到;意识到;醒悟到 It took her some time to awake to the dangers of her situation. 过了一些时间她才意识到她处境的危险。 compare
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WHICH WORD? 词语辨析 awake / 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) 最通用,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. 电话铃声把我吵醒了。 The verb awakeis usually only used in writing and in the past tense awoke. 动词 awake 通常只用于书面语的过去时 awoke: She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine. 她醒来时是阳光灿烂的一天。 Wakenand awakenare much more formal. Awakenis used especially in literature. *waken 和 awaken 要正式得多。awaken 尤用于文学作品: The Prince awakened Sleeping Beauty with a kiss. 王子的吻唤醒了睡美人。 Awakeis 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? Wakingis not used in this way. *waking 不能这样用。 Look also at asleepand the verb sleep awake / əˈweɪk ; NAmE əˈweɪk / awoke / əˈwəʊk ; NAmE əˈwoʊk / awoken / əˈwəʊkən ; NAmE əˈwoʊkən /
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awake1 adjective
awake2 verb
awakea‧wake1 /əˈweɪk/ ●●● S2 adjective [not before noun]
Examples
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1not sleeping:  I hope he’s awake now. She was still only half awake when I brought her a cup of coffee. How do you stay awake during boring lectures? Emma lay awake half the night, worrying. The noise brought him wide awake (=completely awake). To keep themselves awake (=stop themselves from going to sleep) they sat on the floor and told each other stories.2be awake to something to understand a situation and its possible effects SYN  be aware of something:  Too few people are awake to the dangers of noise pollution.COLLOCATIONSverbsstay/keep/remain awake· I was tired and it was hard to stay awake.lie awake· Kate lay awake thinking about what had happened.keep somebody awake· The noise of the airplanes kept me awake.shake somebody awake· Ben shook me awake and told me the news.adverbsbe wide/fully awake (=completely awake)· I'm never wide awake until I've had a cup of coffee.be half awake (=not fully awake)· Most of the people on the train were only half awake.be hardly/barely awake· George, barely awake, came stumbling down the stairs.
awake1 adjective
awake2 verb
awakeawake2 verb (past tense awoke /əˈwəʊk $ əˈwoʊk/, past participle awoken /əˈwəʊkən $ əˈwoʊ-/) [intransitive, transitive]
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1formal to wake up, or to make someone wake up:  It was midday when she awoke. We awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually use wake up rather than awake:· I woke up at 4 o'clock this morning.2literary if something awakes an emotion, or if an emotion awakes, you suddenly begin to feel that emotion:  The gesture awoke an unexpected flood of tenderness towards her.awake to something phrasal verb to begin to realize the possible effects of a situation SYN  wake up to:  Artists finally awoke to the aesthetic possibilities of photography.
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awake

[əˈweɪk]awoke, awoken, awaking, awakes

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Spoken:

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awakes[310] awoke[1352] awoken[409]
醒着的(40%),醒来(30%),唤醒(16%),唤起(11%),警觉的(3%)
adj.醒着的
vt.唤醒;使觉醒;激起,唤起
vi.觉醒,意识到;醒来;被唤起

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