| 单词 | awake |
| 释义 | awake (once / 74 pages) adjv When you're awake, you're conscious and aware of your surroundings. When you're not awake, you're asleep. If you are reading this, you are indeed awake. Most people are awake during the day and asleep at night, but if you work the night shift or suffer from insomnia, you might also be awake at night. When awake is used as a verb, it means "wake up:" "I watched my kitten awake from a deep sleep and yawn." Awake comes from two Old English roots, āwæcnan, "to arise," and āwacian, "to revive." WORD FAMILYawake: awaked, awaken, awakes, awaking, awoke, awoken+/awaken: awakened, awakening, awakens, reawaken/awakened: unawakened/awakening: awakenings/reawaken: reawakened, reawakening, reawakens USAGE EXAMPLESLos Angeles residents awoke Sunday morning to see that one thing, at least, looked different in the New Year: the Hollywood sign. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Whetstone High School junior awoke to the sounds of her 11-year-old brother, Tyler, screaming. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) “He was awake and talking but clearly critically injured,” Scalea said. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj not in a state of sleep; completely conscious lay awake thinking about his new job still not fully awake Syn|Ant alert, watchful engaged in or accustomed to close observation astir, upout of bed awakened(somewhat formal) having been waked up insomniac, sleepless, watchfulexperiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness unsleeping, wide-awakefully awake wakeful, wakingmarked by full consciousness or alertness aware, cognisant, cognizant(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception consciousknowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts asleep in a state of sleep at restin a state of repose or especially sleep dormant, hibernating, torpidin a condition of biological rest or suspended animation dozy, drowsing, drowsyhalf asleep fast asleep, sound asleepsleeping deeply hypnoidof or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheadedready to fall asleep slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolentinclined to or marked by drowsiness unawakenedstill asleep incognizant, unaware(often followed by `of') not aware unconsciousnot conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead 2adj mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind" awake to the dangers of her situation was now awake to the reality of his predicament Syn alert, alive aware, cognisant, cognizant (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception 3v stop sleeping Syn|Ant|Hyper arouse, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off change from a waking to a sleeping state change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
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