wake
verb/weɪk/
/weɪk/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| 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/ |
- [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.
汤姆猛地惊醒，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.
我比我想要的早起一个小时。 - 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.
我是被外面的大雨声吵醒的。 - 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.
该女子醒来后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: 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.
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，发现自己安全地躺在家里的床上。 - 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
- be careful not to
- not want to
- try not to
- …
- I always wake early in the summer.
- [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 - The incident woke memories of his past sufferings.
这件事唤起了他对往昔苦难的回忆。
- The incident woke memories of his past sufferings.
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
- (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
