wake
verb [ I or T ] uk/weɪk/ us/weɪk/ woke or waked | woken or waked (also wake up)
A1 醒来;叫醒，吵醒
to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping
Did you wake at all during the night? 夜里你一点都没醒吗？
Please wake me early tomorrow. 明天请早点叫醒我。
I woke up with a headache. 我醒来时觉得头疼。
Jane's hand on my shoulder woke me out of/from a bad dream. 简的手放在我肩上，把我从噩梦中摇醒。
Synonyms: awake awaken bestir yourself rouse
See also: wake (someone) up (STOP SLEEPING)
- More examples
- You won't wake him - he's such a heavy sleeper.
- We woke at dawn.
- We were woken in the night by the wail of ambulance sirens.
- Try not to wake the whole house when you come in!
- She eased the key into the lock, anxious not to wake anyone.
Idioms
wake up!idiom 注意听！注意点！
something you say to tell someone to listen or to become involved when they have not been listening or paying attention
Wake up, Daniel! It's your turn. 注意点，丹尼尔！轮到你了。
wake up and smell the coffeeidiom informal （用于告诉某人）认清形势，正视目前的情况
used to tell someone that they are wrong about a particular situation and must realize what is really happening
Phrasal verbs
wake (someone) upA1 （某人）醒来;叫醒（某人），弄醒（某人）
to (cause to) become conscious after sleeping
Come on, wake up - breakfast is ready. 快点，快醒醒——早饭都准备好了。
He woke himself up with his own snoring! 他打呼噜都把自己打醒了！
Synonyms: awake awaken bestir yourself rouse
（使）（某人）清醒过来，（使）（某人）反应过来
to start to react to a situation after a period in which you have done very little, or to make someone start to react to a situation
Companies need to wake up and pay attention to the public's increasing concern about the environment. 各企业需要清醒过来，注意了解公众对环境的日益关注。
wake up to something 开始意识到（问题）
to start to understand that a situation or problem exists
Governments are finally waking up to the fact that the environment should be cleaned up. 各国政府终于开始意识到应该整治环境这个事实。
wake
noun [ C ] uk/weɪk/ us/weɪk/
(WATER)
（航行的船只等留下的）尾流，航迹
the waves that a moving ship or object leaves behind
The wake spread out in a v-shape behind the ship. 轮船的航迹呈V字形在船后扩散开来。
- More examples
- Several governments have adopted tough new anti-terrorist legislation in the wake of the attacks.
- Eastern traders found their way across Europe in the wake of the Roman army.
- Safety procedures are being reviewed in the wake of the accident.
- A lot of new investment has been attracted to the region in the wake of the government's announcement.
- The road remains closed in the wake of Monday's landslide.
(FUNERAL)
（葬礼前后的）守灵，守夜
an occasion when the family and friends of a dead person meet in order to look at the dead body the night before it is buried, or when they meet after a dead person has been buried to drink and talk about the person's life
Idioms
in the wake of somethingidiom 作为…的后果;随…之后而来
If something happens in the wake of something else, it happens after and often because of it.
Airport security was extra tight in the wake of yesterday's bomb attacks. 昨天的炸弹袭击发生之后，机场安检变得格外严格。
leave something in your wakeidiom （离开某地）留下（麻烦或一片混乱等）
to go somewhere new, leaving problems, confusion, etc. behind you, that you have caused
Soldiers rampaged through the town, leaving chaos in their wake. 士兵们在市中心横冲直撞，留下一片狼藉。