wake

rouse, arouse, awake, wake, waken

名词 wake:

1. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
   同义词：aftermath, backwash
2. an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
   同义词：Wake Island
3. the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
   同义词：backwash
4. a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
   同义词：viewing

动词 wake:

1. be awake, be alert, be there
2. stop sleeping
   同义词：wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, come alive, waken
3. arouse or excite feelings and passions
   同义词：inflame, stir up, ignite, heat, fire up
4. make aware of
5. cause to become awake or conscious
   同义词：awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse

1. The incident woke memories of his past sufferings.
   这件事唤起了他对过去苦难经历的回忆。
2. She spends all her waking hours worrying about her job.
   她只要醒著就一直为工作发愁。
3. The bad news finally woke the country to the danger of war.
   坏消息传来，终于使国人认识到了发生战争的危险。
4. The argument woke old rivalries.
   争论又激起了旧怨。
5. I usually wake up early.
   我通常醒得很早。

wake

v.（动词）
woke[wôk] 或 waked [w3kt] waked 或 wok.en [wô.k…n] wak.ing,wakes
v.intr.（不及物动词）

To cease to sleep; become awake:
醒：停止睡觉；醒过来：
例句：
overslept and woke late.
睡太多而且又醒得晚

To stay awake:
苏醒：保持清醒：
例句：
Bears wake for spring, summer, and fall and hibernate for the winter.
熊在春天、夏天和秋天保持清醒，在冬季冬眠

To be brought into a state of awareness or alertness:
清醒：进入一种知觉或警觉的状态：
例句：
suddenly woke to the danger we were in.
突然地认识到我们所处的危险

To keep watch or guard, especially over a corpse.
看守，守灵：保持警觉或警惕，尤指对一个尸体
v.tr.（及物动词）
To rouse from sleep; awaken.
使醒过来：使从睡眠中醒过来；弄醒
To stir, as from a dormant or inactive condition; rouse:
激发，唤醒：如从休眠或不活跃的状态之中激醒；唤醒：
例句：
wake old animosities.
唤起旧恨

To make aware of; alert:
使意识到：使认识到；使警觉：
例句：
The shocking revelations finally woke me to the facts of the matter.
令人震惊的揭露最终使我意识到事情的本质

To keep a vigil over.
保持警惕
To hold a wake over.
为…守夜
n.（名词）
A watch; a vigil.
守灵；守夜
A watch over the body of a deceased person before burial, sometimes accompanied by festivity.Also called Regional viewing
守灵：在葬礼前守着死人的尸体，有时伴有仪式也作 【区域的】 viewing
wakes (used with a sing. or pl. verb)Chiefly British
wakes （与单数或复数动词连用）【多用于英国】
A parish festival held annually, often in honor of a patron saint.
守护神节日：教区一年一度的节日，常为纪念一个守护神
An annual vacation.
年度假期

来源：
Middle English wakien, waken
中古英语 wakien, waken
from Old English wacan [to wake up]
源自 古英语 wacan [醒来]
wacian [to be awake, keep watch] * see weg-
wacian [保持清醒] *参见 weg-

【引伸】
wak.er
n.（名词）
The pairswake, waken and awake, awaken have formed a bewildering array since the Middle English period. All four words have similar meanings, though there are some differences in use.Onlywake is used in the sense .to be awake,. as in expressions likewaking (not wakening ) and sleeping, every waking hour. Wake is also more common than waken when used together with up; andawake and awaken never occur in this context: She woke up (rarely wakened up; never awakened up or awoke up ). Some writers have suggested thatwaken should be used only transitively and awaken only intransitively, but there is ample literary precedent for usages such asHe wakened early and They did not awaken her. In figurative sensesawake and awaken are more prevalent:
wake,waken 和 awake,awaken 这两对词自中古英语以来就形成令人不解的一组词。 四个词有相似的意思，尽管在用法上有差异。只有wake 用于.保持清醒.的意义， 如在waking （而非 wakening ) and sleeping, every waking hour（清醒和睡眠，每一个醒着的时刻）。 Wake在与 up 一同用时也比 waken 更常用； 并且awake 和 awaken 从不出现在这种语言环境中： She woke up （很少用 wakened up ；从不用 awakened up 或 awoke up )。 有些作家指出waken 应只用作及物的而 awaken 只用作不及物的， 但有很多文学上的用法先例,如He wakened early（他醒得早） 和 They did not awaken her（他们没惊醒她）。 在比喻意义上awake 和 awaken 更普遍：
例句：
With the governor`s defeat the party awoke to the strength of the opposition to its position on abortion.
随着州长的失败那个党派清醒地认识到在堕胎问题上反对意见的力量。

例句：
The scent of the azaleas awakened my memory of his unexpected appearance that afternoon years ago.
杜鹃花的味道唤醒了我对许多年前那个下午他突然出现的记忆。

wake
wake 2

n.（名词）
The visible track of turbulence left by something moving through water:
尾流：物体在水中移动留下的杂乱可见的痕迹：
例句：
the wake of a ship.
船的尾迹

A track, course, or condition left behind something that has passed:
行踪：某物经过后遗留下的痕迹、踪迹或状态：
例句：
The war left destruction and famine in its wake.
战争留下的毁灭和饥荒的后果

<习惯用语>in the wake of
Following directly on.
直接跟随
In the aftermath of; as a consequence of.
作为…的余波
来源：
Possibly from Middle Low German [hole in the ice]
可能源自 中古低地德语 [冰窟窿]
[of Scandinavian origin] ; akin to Old Norse vôk
[源于斯堪的纳维亚语] ；类似于 古斯堪的纳维亚语 vôk