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waken

/wey-kuhn/US // ˈweɪ kən //UK // (ˈweɪkən) //

唤醒,醒来,醒来后,觉醒

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.
    • : to rouse from inactivity; stir up or excite; arouse; awaken: to waken the reader's interest.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to wake, or become awake; awaken.

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Examples

  • Drink, and go to sleep—sleep so sound that you waken only when Moukir and Nakir, the death angels, sift soul from body.

  • The servant, who carried her breakfast, reported her asleep, and the careful mother would not let them waken her.

  • Humphrey and Pablo both set off, and then Edward went to waken the boy, still lying on the bed.

  • A conscience that had overslept itself began to stir and waken.

  • "Death must come to all," some one would waken up to murmur.