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单词 wideawake
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Definition of wideawake in English:

wideawake

nounˈwʌɪdəweɪk
  • A soft felt hat with a low crown and wide brim.

    低顶宽边软毡帽

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When a fedora, a bowler, a balmoral, a tam-o'-shanter, a Bombay Bowler, a pork-pie or a floppy-brimmed wideawake?
    • He continued with a description of ‘the draught-fearing Bruch, who looked like an Arctic explorer, having armed himself with galoshes, a waterproof wideawake and a thick mackintosh to combat the rigours of an English June’.
    Synonyms
    vigilant, alert, on the alert, wary, watchful, cautious, careful, heedful, chary, circumspect, on the lookout, on the qui vive, on one's toes, prepared, ready, wideawake, attentive, observant, keeping one's eyes peeled

Origin

Mid 19th century: punningly so named, because the hat does not have a ‘nap’ or glossy surface.

Rhymes

ache, awake, bake, betake, Blake, brake, break, cake, crake, drake, fake, flake, forsake, hake, Jake, lake, make, mistake, opaque, partake, quake, rake, sake, shake, sheikh, slake, snake, splake, stake, steak, strake, take, undertake, wake
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