awake: [OE] Awake was formed by adding the intensive prefix ā- to the verb wake (in Old English wacan or wacian, related to watch, and also ultimately to vegetable, vigil, and vigour). The adjective awake arose in the 13th century; it was originally a variant form of the past participle of the verb. => vigil, wake, watch
awake (v.)
a merger of two Middle English verbs: 1. awaken, from Old English aw?cnan (earlier onw?cnan; strong, past tense awoc, past participle awacen) "to awake, arise, originate," from a "on" + wacan "to arise, become awake" (see wake (v.)); and 2. awakien, from Old English awacian (weak, past participle awacode) "to awaken, revive; arise; originate, spring from," from a "on" (see a (2)) + wacian "to be awake, remain awake, watch" (see watch (v.)).
Both originally were intransitive only; the transitive sense being expressed by Middle English awecchen (from Old English aweccan) until later Middle English. In Modern English, the tendency has been to restrict the strong past tense and past participle (awoke, awoken) to the original intransitive sense and the weak inflection (awakened) to the transitive, but this never has been complete (see wake (v.); also compare awaken).
awake (adj.)
"not asleep," c. 1300, shortened from awaken, past participle of Old English aw?cnan (see awaken).
雙語例句
1. The hypnotic state actually lies somewhere between being awake and being asleep.
催眠狀態實際上介乎清醒和睡眠之間。
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2. He was awake at 3am, mooching about in the darkness.
他凌晨3點鐘醒來，在黑暗中摸索。
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3. He lay awake watching her for a long time.
他睜著眼躺在那里看她看了很長時間。
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4. He came fully awake to hear the bath running.
他完全清醒了，聽見浴缸里的水在流。
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5. My own eyes had felt heavy-lidded, but now I was wide awake.