hold a wake for sb
指为逝者守夜,通常在下葬前举行,也可指守灵期间的聚会。
They held a wake for their grandfather at the family home.
他们在家里为祖父守灵。
尾流;航迹;伴流;守夜;不眠;秃鹫群;一群秃鹫;人在去世后下葬或火化前后的时期;在某些文化中伴随聚会或共同整理死者的个人物品;船在水面上留下的航迹
A gathering of family and friends around the body of a person who has died, held before or after the burial or cremation.
人在去世后下葬或火化前后的时期;在某些文化中伴随聚会或共同整理死者的个人物品
A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
船在水面上留下的航迹
The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
为庄重或节庆目的而不睡觉的状态;守夜
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
物体、人物或动物在水中移动后留下的扰动
The disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.
一群聚集在一起的秃鹫
A number of vultures assembled together.
飞行中的飞机后面留下的湍流空气
The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
移动的人或物体后面的区域
The area behind a moving person or object.
物体在流体中移动后面的扰动
The perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.
They held a wake for their grandmother the night before the funeral.
他们在葬礼前一晚为祖母举行了守灵仪式。
用法提示:wake 是名词,意为“守灵仪式”,在本句中作谓语动词的宾语。
At the wake, many old friends came to pay their respects.
在守灵仪式上,许多老朋友前来悼念。
用法提示:wake 是名词,与介词 at 组成介词短语,作地点状语,表示“在守灵仪式上”。
Some wakes last all night and end with a quiet meal in the morning.
有些守灵仪式会持续一整夜,并在早晨以一顿安静的餐食结束。
用法提示:wakes 是 wake 的复数形式,在句中作主语,表示“守灵仪式”。
指为逝者守夜,通常在下葬前举行,也可指守灵期间的聚会。
They held a wake for their grandfather at the family home.
他们在家里为祖父守灵。
wake 作集合名词,专指一群秃鹫。
A wake of vultures circled above the dead animal.
一群秃鹫在死去的动物上方盘旋。
指船或飞机驶过后在水面或空气中留下的尾流或航迹。
The speedboat left a long white wake behind it.
快艇在身后留下了一条长长的白色尾流。
尤指灾难性事件的后果,比 wake 更常用
最通用,不限于灾难
强调间接的负面影响
非正式,带负面含义,常用搭配 political fallout
常指长期或持续的影响
grammar · medium
易错句子The country changed a lot on the wake of the war.
正确表达The country changed a lot in the wake of the war.
表示“紧随……之后、作为……的结果”时,wake 的固定搭配是 in the wake of,介词只能用 in。汉语“在……之后”里的“在”被学习者直译成 on/at,因此出错。
grammar · medium
易错句子The family held wake for their grandfather last night.
正确表达The family held a wake for their grandfather last night.
wake 作“守灵、守夜”讲是可数名词,单数形式前必须加不定冠词 a。汉语“守灵”是动词或不可数的活动,学习者习惯不带冠词,所以漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子She lay wake all night, thinking about the exam.
正确表达She lay awake all night, thinking about the exam.
表示“醒着、未入睡”要用形容词 awake 作表语,而 wake 是名词,不能用来描述人的状态。汉语“醒着”不分词性,学习者容易把 wake 当成形容词使用。
相对于‘事件后果(尤指灾难性事件的后果)’这一含义
wake 指遗体下葬或火化前亲友聚在一起守灵的整场活动,常带吃喝、交谈的聚会色彩,多在逝者家中或殡仪馆举行;vigil 强调彻夜不睡地守候或祈祷,可以是守灵,也可以是守候病人、烛光守夜等,不一定是聚会,也不一定与遗体同处一室。
wake 是守灵期间亲友相聚的整场活动,可延续到深夜甚至通宵,往往有饮食交谈;viewing 特指葬礼前让亲友短暂看遗体一眼的仪式性环节,一般在殡仪馆进行,时间固定而较短,不一定有聚会。
在…之后;作为…的结果
In the wake of the storm, many homes were destroyed.
风暴过后,许多房屋被摧毁。
船尾波;航迹
The wake of the boat rocked the small dinghy.
船的尾波把小艇摇晃得很厉害。
守灵;守夜
They held a funeral wake for the deceased at their home.
他们在家里为死者举行了守灵仪式。
灾难的后果
In the wake of the disaster, the community came together to rebuild.
灾难过后,社区团结起来重建家园。
与船只经过时产生的尾波相关
与守夜(尸体下葬前的守灵)相关
船尾留下的波浪
作为名词“wake”可指灾难事件的后续影响
守夜仪式中涉及的遗体
在…之后;作为…的结果
The company laid off 500 employees in the wake of the financial crisis.
该公司在金融危机之后解雇了500名员工。
留下(破坏性)后果
The hurricane left a wake of destruction across the islands.
飓风在群岛上留下了破坏的后果。
紧随其后;步其后尘
Several startups followed in the wake of the successful tech company.
几家初创公司紧随这家成功的科技公司之后。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.