waken sb/sth
及物用法,表示唤醒某人或某物。
The noise wakened the baby.
噪音吵醒了婴儿。
唤醒,使觉醒,激发
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
唤醒,使觉醒,激发
cause to become awake or conscious
The noise wakened the baby.
噪音吵醒了婴儿。
唤醒或使从睡眠中醒来。
To wake or rouse from sleep.
醒来;停止睡眠;被唤醒;活动起来。
To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
waken
Base
原形
wakens
3rd person
第三人称单数
wakening
-ing
现在分词
wakened
Past
过去式
wakened
Past participle
过去分词
I waken early every day.
我每天很早醒来。
I wakened my brother at dawn.
我在黎明时唤醒了我的弟弟。
She wakens early every morning.
她每天早上很早醒来。
The loud noise wakened the baby.
那个巨大的噪音惊醒了婴儿。
及物用法,表示唤醒某人或某物。
The noise wakened the baby.
噪音吵醒了婴儿。
不及物用法,表示醒来。
She wakens early every morning.
她每天早晨醒得很早。
表示从某种状态(如睡眠、梦境)中醒来。
He wakened from a deep sleep.
他从熟睡中醒来。
Not this
I wakened up at 7 a.m.
Use this
I woke up at 7 a.m.
waken 的过去式是 wakened,但表达“醒来”这一动作时,英语中更常用 wake up;wakened up 不自然,且 waken 作不及物动词时通常不带 up。
Not this
He wakened me up.
Use this
He wakened me.
waken 作为及物动词时本身已含“唤醒”之意,后面直接跟宾语即可,up 是多余的;若要用 up,应使用 wake up:He woke me up。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
从睡眠中醒来
She wakened from sleep when the phone rang.
电话响起时,她从睡梦中醒来。
叫醒孩子们
She wakened the children before dawn.
黎明前她叫醒了孩子们。
认清现实
He finally wakened to the reality of the situation.
他终于认清了现实。
唤起回忆
The old song wakened memories of her childhood.
那首老歌唤起了她对童年的回忆。
猛然惊醒
I wakened with a start when the thunder crashed.
雷声炸响时我猛然惊醒。
醒来吧,快乐的先生女士们,山巅已破晓。
Sir Walter Scott's “Hunting Song” opens with this line, where waken is a poetic way of saying “wake up” at dawn.
沃尔特·司各特爵士的《狩猎歌》以此句开篇,其中的 waken 是“在黎明醒来”的诗意说法。
Use waken naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
waken 里藏着 wake(醒),多出的 n 像轻轻一推:把睡着的人推醒。
语域:formal 常见场景:文学作品、正式书面叙述 waken 多用于文学或正式书面语,语气较庄重;日常口语中通常用 wake / wake up。
All the words above rhyme with 'waken' /ˈweɪkən/ because they have the stressed vowel /eɪ/ and end in /kən/. Beware of lookalikes that sound different: 'weaken' /ˈwiːkən/ has /iː/ and 'token' /ˈtoʊkən/ has /oʊ/; neither rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.