awaken
verb /əˈweɪkən/
/əˈweɪkən/
(formal)动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they awaken | /əˈweɪkən/ /əˈweɪkən/ |
| he / she / it awakens | /əˈweɪkənz/ /əˈweɪkənz/ |
| past simple awakened | /əˈweɪkənd/ /əˈweɪkənd/ |
| past participle awakened | /əˈweɪkənd/ /əˈweɪkənd/ |
| -ing form awakening | /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/ /əˈweɪkənɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive, often passive] to wake up; to make somebody wake up
（使）醒来 - awaken (somebody) (from/to something) She awakened to the sound of birds singing.
她醒来听到鸟的叫声。 - awaken to do something We awakened to find the others gone.
我们醒来发现其他人已经走了。 - be awakened He was awakened at dawn by the sound of crying.
黎明时他被哭喊声吵醒。
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:
上述动词中 wake (up) 最常用，可表示睡醒： 你通常什么时候醒来？
亦指弄醒、唤醒： 孩子们把我吵醒了。 我被电话吵醒了。 - The verb awake is usually only used in writing and in the past tense awoke:
动词 awake 通常只用于书面语，而且用过去时 awoke： 她醒来时是阳光灿烂的一天。 王子用一个吻唤醒了睡美人。 - Awake is also an adjective:
see also asleep, sleepawake 亦作形容词： 我忧心忡忡，半宿不能成眠。 宝宝醒来了吗？ - She was just awakening from sleep.
她刚刚从睡梦中醒来。 - He was rudely awakened by the sound of drilling.
他突然被钻孔的声音吵醒。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- late
- abruptly
- …
- from
- be rudely awakened
- awaken (somebody) (from/to something) She awakened to the sound of birds singing.
- [intransitive, transitive] awaken (something) if an emotion awakens or something awakens an emotion, you start to feel that emotion
唤起；被唤起 - The dream awakened terrible memories.
这个梦唤起了可怕的往事。
- Different images can awaken new emotions within us.
不同的形象可以在我们心中唤起新的情感。 - By this point, her curiosity was well and truly awakened.
至此，她的好奇心被彻底唤醒了。
- The dream awakened terrible memories.
词源Old English onwæcnan, from on ‘on’ + waken.