wake /weik/ I. vi. & vt.(woke /wəuk/ 或waked; woken 或waked或woke) vi. 1. 醒，叫醒：The child woke three times during the night.孩子夜间醒了三次。He woke to find himself in the hospital. 他醒来，发现自己在医院里。Go and wake the others, will you? 你去把别人都叫醒好吗? He was woken by the telephone.他被电话吵醒了。 2. 用于短语动词 wake up 醒来；叫醒：She had to wake up several times a night when the baby was ill. 孩子病了，她一夜得醒好几次看孩子。Don’t make a noise — you’ll wake the baby up. 别出声，要不会吵醒孩子的。wake up to意识到：Governments are finally waking up to the fact that the environment should be cleaned up.政府终于意识到这个事实，环境应当进行清理。‖II. n.用于习语 in the wake of…紧跟在…之后；由于…：The committee was set up in the wake of the inquiry. 调查后，成立了该委员会。Airport security was extra tight in the wake of yesterday’s bomb attacks.由于昨天的炸弹袭击，今天机场的安检特别严格。
［辨析］与awake和waken (up)辨见awake
waken /ˈweikən/ vi. & vt.醒来；唤醒：He wakened at 10 o’clock. 他10点钟醒来。When the sun rose, my mother wakened me. 当太阳升起时，我妈妈把我唤醒了。When spring comes, the wind wakens the ground. 春天来了，风儿唤醒了大地。
［辨析］与awake和wake (up)辨见awake
