单词 | to wake to |
释义 | > as lemmasto wake to d. to wake to: to become conscious or aware of; to become ‘alive’ to. Cf. awake v. 3. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > perceive, be aware of [verb (intransitive)] tellc1390 to be perceiveda1400 to take cognizance of1635 notice1820 waken1825 to wake to1836 to take notice1845 to tune in1926 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > take note, observe [verb (intransitive)] > be or become alert wakec897 waken1825 to wake to1836 surface1959 α. β. 1895 W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman I. 120 Men's minds, however, had at last waked to the fact that Greece and Rome did not exhaust the world's stock of wisdom and greatness.1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) II. 129 When the Greeks first woke to the certainty, that the vast preparations of Xerxes menaced Greece as the earliest victim. 1862 J. F. Stephen Ess. Barrister 108 The great standing controversies which have exercised the intellect of mankind ever since it first woke to consciousness of its powers. 1863 S. Wilberforce Ess. (1874) I. 312 The Church..had woke up to the sense of her true position. to wake (up) to b. to wake (up) to: to arouse to the consciousness or enjoyment of. Cf. 7d. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [verb (transitive)] > arouse to the enjoyment of to wake (up) to1870 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 234 He felt as one who, waked up suddenly To life's delight, knows not of grief or care. < as lemmas |
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