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woke
(vbl.)wake的過去式和過去分詞
Wake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waked or Woke (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Waking.]
1. To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.
The father waketh for the daughter. --Ecclus. xlii. 9.
Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps. --Milton.
I can not think any time, waking or sleeping, without being sensible of it. --Locke.
2. To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.
The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse,
Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels. --Shak.
3. To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.
He infallibly woke up at the sound of the concluding doxology. --G. Eliot.
4. To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
Gentle airs due at their hour
To fan the earth now waked. --Milton.
Then wake, my soul, to high desires. --Keble.
wake
n 1: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic
event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the
accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: aftermath,
backwash]
2: an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii
[syn: Wake Island]
3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward;
"the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: backwash]
4: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's
no weeping at an Irish wake" [syn: viewing]
v 1: be awake, be alert, be there [ant: sleep]
2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
[syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, come alive,
waken] [ant: fall asleep]
3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious
way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor";
"The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the
world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir
up, ignite, heat, fire up]
4: make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the
situation"
5: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
[syn: awaken, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse]
[ant: cause to sleep]
[also: woken, woke]