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V-ERG
醒;醒来;唤醒;弄醒
When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep.
例句
It was cold and dark when I woke at 6.30...
我6点半醒来时，天又冷又黑。
Bob woke slowly to sunshine pouring in his window...
直到阳光从窗外泻入，鲍勃才慢慢醒来。
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N-COUNT
(航行中的船等留下的)伴流，尾流，航迹
The wake of a boat or other object moving in water is the track of waves that it makes behind it as it moves through the water.
例句
The ride was smooth until they got into the merchant ship's wake...
航行一直很顺利，直到他们碰上了商船的尾流。
Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats.
有时海豚在船的尾流中嬉戏。
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N-COUNT
(葬礼前后的)守夜，守灵
A wake is a gathering or social event that is held before or after someone's funeral.
例句
A funeral wake was in progress.
正在进行葬礼守灵。
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PREP-PHRASE
随着…而来;作为…的结果
If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it.
例句
The governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention...
上周的大会过后，民意调查显示州长支持率大幅上升。
The company is in bankruptcy proceedings in the wake of a strike that began last spring.
去年春天开始的罢工一结束，这家公司就进入了破产程序。
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PHRASE
醒着的时间;非睡眠时间
Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
例句
It was work which consumed most of his waking hours...
他醒着的时候大部分时间都在工作。
Most of their waking hours are spent eating.
他们醒着时大部分时间都在吃东西。
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PHRASE
（留）在…身后
If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go.
例句
Adam stumbles on, leaving a trail of devastation in his wake...
亚当蹒跚而行，沿路留下毁坏的痕迹。
The tanks left burning vehicles in their wake as they ploughed through makeshift barricades.
坦克冲过临时搭建的路障，所过之处留下了燃烧的车辆。
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PHRASE
紧随…;效仿…
If you are following in someone's wake, you are following them or their example.
例句
In his wake came a waiter wheeling a trolley.
一位推着手推车的侍者紧随着他过来。
...the endless stream of female artists who released albums in her wake.
无数效仿她发行专辑的女艺术家