waken
verb (formal)- [intransitive, transitive]
to wake, or make somebody wake, from sleep 醒来；睡醒；唤醒；弄醒 - waken (up)
The child had just wakened. 这孩子刚醒。 - waken somebody (up)
I was wakened by a knock at the door. 敲门声把我吵醒了。
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： 我忧心忡忡，半宿不能成眠。 宝宝醒来了吗？ - waken (up)
- [transitive] waken something
to make somebody remember something or feel something again 唤起（记忆）；使感觉到
Word OriginOld English wæcnan ‘be aroused’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb wake.