Used before a noun to mean 'the part of your life when you are awake, not asleep'. You will almost always see it in the phrase every waking hour or every waking moment, and the point of the phrase is that something fills all of your time: She spends every waking hour studying means from the second she opens her eyes to the second she falls asleep, that is what she is doing.

Used before a noun放在名詞前面用 to mean意思是 'the part of your life when you are awake, not asleep'「你醒著、沒睡的那段時間」。You will almost always see it你幾乎都會看到它 in the phrase every waking hour or every waking moment出現在every waking hour或every waking moment這個片語裡，and而且 the point of the phrase這個片語的重點 is that something fills all of your time是某件事占滿了你所有的時間：She spends every waking hour studying「She spends every waking hour studying」 means意思是 from the second she opens her eyes to the second she falls asleep從她張開眼睛的那一刻到閉眼睡著的那一刻，that is what she is doing她都在做那件事。

It usually carries a slight feeling of too much — of someone giving more to a thing than is healthy.

It它 usually carries a slight feeling of too much通常帶一點「太過頭」的感覺 — of someone giving more to a thing than is healthy就是某人投入一件事投入到不健康的程度。

There is a second, quieter use: waking life, waking hours, waking thoughts, meaning the ordinary daytime world as opposed to dreams. In waking life he was a shy man means when he was not dreaming.

There is a second, quieter use還有第二種比較安靜的用法：waking life, waking hours, waking thoughtswaking life、waking hours、waking thoughts，meaning the ordinary daytime world as opposed to dreams指的是相對於夢境的日常清醒世界。In waking life he was a shy man「In waking life he was a shy man」 means意思是 when he was not dreaming他沒在作夢的時候。

Note that waking is also just the -ing form of the verb wake (Waking him is impossible), but that is a different job; here it is describing the noun after it.

Note that注意 waking這個字 is also just the -ing form of the verb wake也只是動詞wake的-ing形式 (Waking him is impossible像「Waking him is impossible」)，but不過 that is a different job那是不同的用法；here在這裡 it它 is describing the noun after it是在修飾後面的名詞。