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awaking

/uh-weyk/US // əˈweɪk //UK // (əˈweɪk) //

唤醒,苏醒,醒来的时候,醒来

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Definitions

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    a·woke [uh-wohk] /əˈwoʊk/ or a·waked, a·woke or a·waked or a·wo·ken [uh-woh-kuhn], /əˈwoʊ kən/, a·wak·ing.

    • : to wake up; rouse from sleep: I awoke at six with a feeling of dread.
    • : to rouse to action; become active: His flagging interest awoke.
    • : to come or bring to an awareness; become cognizant: She awoke to the realities of life.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : waking; not sleeping.
    • : vigilant; alert: They were awake to the danger.

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Examples

  • She awoke Randy, Wright’s father, thinking, No, this is too early.

  • He agreed to make the box, then he stayed awake in bed for hours that night coming up with a design for it.

  • Willis plays Clay Young, described as a hardened mechanic who is part of the crew selected to stay awake and maintain the ark for the six-month journey.

  • The tactic ensures that shoppers are engaged, awake, and ready to buy as soon as the clock strikes midnight.

  • In 1981, he awoke from a blackout in a South Dakota jail cell after his arrest for a drunken disturbance at a Sioux Falls hotel coffee shop while he was a state senator.

  • Awaking the next day, it hardly matters to my life that another victory will have to await next season.

  • It may be that I became unconscious: certainly I had the sensation of awaking to the light of day after an interval of darkness.

  • The laity are awaking to the fact that priests are strenuously endeavouring to quench the light of reason in the fogs of faith.

  • She had that quiet assurance of a woman who is sure of herself, who feels that on awaking she is in her full beauty and freshness.

  • On somewhat suddenly awaking, after a sleep of whose length he had no idea, Oak found that the waggon was in motion.

  • Then, upon awaking, the first act of the rancher was to ascertain his bearings, so far as it was possible to do so.