wake
v. 醒來,弄醒; 喚起(記憶)
n. (葬禮前後的)守夜,守靈; (航行中的船等留下的)尾流,航跡
When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep.
It was cold and dark when I woke at 6.30...
我6點半醒來時,天又冷又黑。
Bob woke slowly to sunshine pouring in his window...
直到陽光從窗外瀉入,鮑勃才慢慢醒來。
The wake of a boat or other object moving in water is the track of waves that it makes behind it as it moves through the water.
The ride was smooth until they got into the merchant ship's wake...
航行一直很順利,直到他們碰上了商船的尾流。
Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats.
有時海豚在船的尾流中嬉戲。
A wake is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone's funeral.
A funeral wake was in progress.
正在進行葬禮守靈。
If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it.
The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention...
上週的大會過後,民意調查顯示州長支援率大幅上升。
The company is in bankruptcy proceedings in the wake of a strike that began last spring.
去年春天開始的罷工一結束,這家公司就進入了破產程式。
Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
It was work which consumed most of his waking hours...
他醒著的時候大部分時間都在工作。
Most of their waking hours are spent eating.
他們醒著時大部分時間都在吃東西。
If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go.
Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake...
亞當蹣跚而行,沿路留下毀壞的痕跡。
The tanks left burning vehicles in their wake as they ploughed through makeshift barricades.
坦克衝過臨時搭建的路障,所過之處留下了燃燒的車輛。
If you are following in someone's wake, you are following them or their example.
In his wake came a waiter wheeling a trolley.
一位推著手推車的侍者緊隨著他過來。
...the endless stream of female artists who released albums in her wake.
無數效仿她發行專輯的女藝術家
1. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event);
2. the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
3. a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial;
1. be awake, be alert, be there
2. stop sleeping;
3. arouse or excite feelings and passions;
4. make aware of;
5. cause to become awake or conscious;
rouse, arouse, awake, wake, waken
這些動詞均有"喚醒,醒來"之意。
wake up and smell the coffee
(非正式,主北美)清醒一點,面對現實
in the wake of
直接跟隨
作為…的餘波
Be quiet in case you wake the baby.
輕點兒,別吵醒嬰兒.
Please wake me up at five thirty.
請在5點半叫醒我.
At the moment the clock struck twelve, I chanced to wake up.
我一覺醒來,鍾正好打十二點.
Splash water over his face, it'll help to wake him.
用水澆他的臉, 這樣會使他清醒過來.
Why did you wake me from such a beautiful dream?
你為什麼把我從如此美妙的夢中喚醒?