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waking + noun (表示时间段或意识状态)
waking 作形容词时通常修饰表示时间或意识状态的名词。
During my waking hours, I am always busy.
在我醒着的时间里，我总是很忙。
醒来；清醒的时间
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醒来；清醒的时间
the act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake
During my waking hours, I am always busy.
在我醒着的时间里，我总是很忙。
从睡眠中醒来的行为,或清醒的一段时间。
The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake.
Her sudden waking at midnight left her feeling confused.
她半夜突然醒来，弄得自己糊里糊涂的。
I was tired after the dog's repeated wakings during the night.
狗夜里一次次醒来，弄得我很疲劳。
A slow waking gives you time to adjust to the morning.
慢慢醒来能让你有时间适应早晨。
waking 作形容词时通常修饰表示时间或意识状态的名词。
During my waking hours, I am always busy.
在我醒着的时间里，我总是很忙。
He finds solace in the waking world.
他在清醒的世界中找到安慰。
waking 作名词时常用复数形式表示具体的醒来事件。
She counted her wakings during the night.
她数了数晚上醒来的次数。
Not this
He is still waking.
Use this
He is still awake.
形容词 'waking' 通常用于名词前作定语（如 waking hours），不用于系动词后作表语。表语应使用 'awake'。
Not this
The sudden waking startled me.
Use this
The sudden awakening startled me.
名词 'waking' 表示‘醒着的状态’，而表示‘醒来’这一事件应使用 'awakening'。
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醒着的时间
He spent his waking hours studying for the exam.
他把醒着的时间都用来备考。
清醒时的生活
She felt her dreams were more vivid than her waking life.
她觉得自己的梦比现实生活还要生动。
醒着的每一刻
Every waking moment was filled with anxiety.
醒着的每一刻都充满焦虑。
醒时的幻梦
The strange landscape looked like a waking dream.
那片奇异的风景看起来就像一场醒时的幻梦。
现实世界
He struggled to connect his dreams to the waking world.
他很难把梦境与现实世界联系起来。
清醒状态
The experience stayed with her even in her waking state.
即使在清醒状态下，那段经历仍然萦绕在她心头。
我醒来是为了睡去，而我缓慢地度过我醒着的时光。
In his poem 'The Waking,' Theodore Roethke begins with the famous line 'I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.'
在西奥多·罗特克的诗歌《苏醒》中，他以这样一句著名的诗句开头：“我醒来是为了睡去，而我缓慢地度过我醒着的时光。”
凌晨四点醒来，我凝视着无声的黑暗。
In his poem 'Aubade,' Philip Larkin captures the dread of early waking with the line 'Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare.'
在菲利普·拉金的诗歌《晨歌》中，他通过这样一句诗捕捉到清晨醒来的恐惧：“凌晨四点醒来，我凝视着无声的黑暗。”
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wake（醒）加 -ing：记住闹钟响后从睡到醒的那段过程，waking 就是醒来的动作或醒着的时间。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学叙事、学术讨论 这个名词用法比较正式，多用于书面或文学作品中；日常口语里更常说 waking up。语境正式时可保留此词形，一般对话中则较少使用。
Words ending in /eɪkɪŋ/ rhyme with waking: baking, taking, making, shaking, faking, breaking. Beware lookalikes such as walking /ˈwɔːkɪŋ/ and winking /ˈwɪŋkɪŋ/, which have different vowels and do not rhyme.
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