Wakename/ˈweɪk/

• 1

  A surname.

  • The testator, in this cause, devised and bequeathed an equal fifth part of his real estate, and of his residuary personal estate, to the plaintiff Mrs. Wake, the wife of the plaintiff Mr. Wake[…]

wakeverb詞源 1/ˈweɪ̯k/

• 1

  (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

  • I woke up at four o'clock this morning.
  • How long I slept I cannot tell, for I had nothing to guide me to the time, but woke at length, and found myself still in darkness.
• 2

  (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.

  • The neighbour's car alarm woke me from a strange dream.
  • And the Angell that talked with me, came againe and waked me, […]
• 3

  To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

  • Not for my life, leſt fierce remembrance wake My ſudden rage to tear thee joint by joint.
  • Even Richard's crusade woke little interest in his island realm.
• 4

  To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

  • and gentle Aires due at thir hour To fan the Earth now wak'd,
  • Then wake, my soul, to high desires, And earlier light thine altar fires: […]
• 5

  To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

  • Dougal said that being alone with the dead on that floor of the tower (for naebody cared to wake Sir Robert Redgauntlet like another corpse) he had never daured^([sic]) to answer the call, but that now his conscience checked him for neglecting his duty; […]
• 6

  To be or remain awake; not to sleep.

  • The father waketh for the daughter when no man knoweth, and the care for her taketh away sleepe;
  • And oft though wiſdom wake, ſuspicion ſleeps At wiſdoms Gate,
• 7

  obsoleteTo be alert; to keep watch

  • Command unto the guards that they diligently wake.
• 8

  obsoleteTo sit up late for festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

  • The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.

wakenoun詞源 2/ˈweɪ̯k/

• 1

  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.

  • Where any person has died whilst being, or suspected of being, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease, the Director may by order prohibit the conduct of a wake over the body of that person or impose such conditions as he thinks fit on the conduct of such wake […]
• 2

  The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

  • The warlike wakes continued all the night, And funeral games played at new returning light.
  • The wood nymphs, deckt with daises trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep.
• 3

  historicalA yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.

  • 1523–1525, Jean Froissart, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles Great solemnities were made in all churches, and great fairs and wakes throughout all England.
  • And every village smokes at wakes with lusty cheer.
• 4

  obsoleteThe act of waking, or state of being awake.

  • Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep.
  • Singing her flatteries to my morning wake.
• 5

  A group of vultures or buzzards.

  • New at the Houston Zoo: A scary, misunderstood wake of vultures
  • Growing up out in the country past University Lake, we’d frequently see a wake of vultures along the side of the road, in a pasture and sometimes even in the woods, quietly picking away at something.

wakenoun詞源 3/ˈweɪ̯k/

• 1

  nauticaltransportThe path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.

• 2

  The disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.

• 3

  aeronauticsaerospaceaviationThe turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.

• 4

  The area behind a moving person or object.

  • The player left the rest of the field trailing in her wake.
  • This effect followed immediately in the wake of his earliest exertions.
• 5

  natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsThe perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• Wake County
• Wake Island