单词 | wide-awakeness |
释义 | > as lemmaswide-aˈwakeness wide-aˈwakeness n. the state or characteristic of being wide awake (usually in sense A. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [noun] > alertness, readiness address?1577 presentness1598 alertness1714 awaredom1752 wide-awakeness1841 wide-awakedness1845 wide-awakefulness1851 wide-awakeativeness1859 1841 ‘C. Selby’ Maximums & Speciments W. Muggins xxxiii. 310 A hossler, who, for his huncommon cheek and wide-awakeness, had got the nicname of ‘Charfey’ among his pals. 1865 J. R. Lowell in N. Amer. Rev. July 194 Wide-awakeness of temperament. 1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. vi. 123 There was something..besides the literary wideawakeness of Henry..that made England..a centre of literary activity. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 July 6/2 They have a directness and intensity—a wide-awakeness—still capable of astonishing. < as lemmas |
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