"to become awake, cease to sleep," Old English wæcnan, wæcnian "to rise, awake; spring from, come into being," from the same source as wake (v.). OED regards the ending as the -n- "suffix of inchoative verbs of state," but Barnhart rejects this and says it is simply -en (1). Figurative sense was in Old English. Transitive sense of "to rouse (someone or something) from sleep" is recorded from c. 1200. Related: Wakened; wakening.
实用例句
1. If you do waken up during the night, start the exercises again.
如果你夜里真的醒了，就再从头开始做这套动作。
来自柯林斯例句
2. "Drink this coffee — it will waken you up."
“把这杯咖啡喝了——它会让你清醒过来。”
来自柯林斯例句
3. Naomi would waken to the twitter of birds.
娜奥米会被鸟儿吱吱喳喳的叫声唤醒。
来自柯林斯例句
4. We must waken the people to the dangers facing our country.
我们必须使人们认识到我们国家面临的危险.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. It is frightening to most children to waken and find a stranger.
