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
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。
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