waking

1. V-T/V-I When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep. 醒來(lái); 喚醒

It was cold and dark when I woke at 6:30. 我6點(diǎn)30分醒來(lái)時(shí)，天又冷又黑。

She went upstairs to wake Milton. 她上樓去叫醒米爾頓。

2. PHRASAL VERB Wake up means the same as . 醒來(lái); 喚醒

One morning I woke up and felt something was wrong. 一天早上我醒來(lái)時(shí)感到有些不對(duì)勁。

3. N-COUNT The wake of a boat or other object moving in the water is the track of waves it makes behind it as it moves through the water. (船只或其他物體在水中前行時(shí)留下的) 尾波[usu sing, with poss]

Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats. 海豚有時(shí)跟著船只的尾波戲水。

4. N-COUNT A wake is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone's funeral. 守靈

A funeral wake was in progress. 葬禮前在守靈。

5. PHRASE If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it. 緊隨…之后

The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention. 州長(zhǎng)在上周大會(huì)之后的民意測(cè)驗(yàn)中支持率激增。