awaken
verb (formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they awaken | |
| he / she / it awakens | |
| past simple awakened | |
| past participle awakened | |
| -ing form awakening |
- [intransitive, transitive, often passive]
to wake up; to make somebody wake up （使）醒来 - awaken (somebody) (from/to something)
She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。 - awaken to do something
We awakened to find the others gone. 我们醒来发现其他人已经走了。 - be awakened
He was awakened at dawn by the sound of crying. 黎明时他被哭喊声吵醒。
Which Word? awake / awaken / wake up / wakenawake / awaken / wake up / waken- Wake (up) is the most common of these verbs. It can mean somebody has finished sleeping:
上述动词中 wake (up) 最常用，可表示睡醒： What time do you usually wake up? 你通常什么时候醒来？
亦指弄醒、唤醒： 孩子们把我吵醒了。 我被电话吵醒了。 - The verb awake is usually only used in writing and in the past tense awoke:
动词 awake 通常只用于书面语，而且用过去时 awoke： She awoke to a day of brilliant sunshine. 她醒来时是阳光灿烂的一天。 王子用一个吻唤醒了睡美人。 - Awake is also an adjective:
see also asleep, sleepawake 亦作形容词： I was awake half the night worrying. 我忧心忡忡，半宿不能成眠。 宝宝醒来了吗？ Extra Examples- She was just awakening from sleep.
她刚刚从睡梦中醒来。 He was rudely awakened by the sound of drilling. 他突然被钻孔的声音吵醒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- late
- abruptly
- …
- from
- be rudely awakened
- awaken (somebody) (from/to something)
- [intransitive, transitive] awaken (something)
if an emotion awakens or something awakens an emotion, you start to feel that emotion 唤起；被唤起 Extra ExamplesDifferent images can awaken new emotions within us. 不同的形象可以在我们心中唤起新的情感。 By this point, her curiosity was well and truly awakened. 至此，她的好奇心被彻底唤醒了。
Word OriginOld English onwæcnan, from on ‘on’ + waken.