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单词 waken
释义 wak·en
\ˈwākən\ verb
(wakened ; wakened ; wakening \-k(ə)niŋ\ ; wakens)
Etymology: Middle English waknen, wakenen, from Old English wæcnan, wæcnian; akin to Old Norse vakna to awaken, Gothic gawaknan; derivative from the root of English wake (I)
intransitive verb
1. : to become active, aware, or animated
 < a vigorous artist's shaping spirit may chance to waken — Warren Beck >
 < waken to the point about seven minutes after — H.J.Laski >
2. : to cease to sleep : awake
 < had wakened and heard the lion — Ernest Hemingway >
— often used with up
 < pleasant to waken up in that bed — Willa Cather >
transitive verb
1. : to stir or rouse out of sleep : wake
 < wakened at 5:30 by reveille — Harper's >
2. : to excite into life, activity, or awareness
 < stained glass in churches always wakened some strange fancy in his mind — T.B.Costain >
 < waken the reader's sympathy for the man or woman involved — C.B.Tinker >
— often used with up
 < wakens up … government agencies to the wanton waste — Canadian Forum >
Synonyms: see stir
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