简单释义：

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v. 醒来；唤醒；弄醒；唤起（记忆）

n. 航迹；守灵；（葬礼前的）守夜

网络 叫醒；尾流；苏醒

变形：

复数：wakes  现在分词：waking  过去式：woke  过去分词：woken  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.尾迹
2.飞机的尾流
3.尾浪
4.威克岛〔北太平洋〕
5.痕迹
6.通宵礼拜;(葬礼前通宵)守灵;通宵宴会
7.车辙
8.一年一次的假日
9.(船航过时的)尾波,航迹;【航空】尾流;余迹;踪迹;(气流中的)涡区,扰流

v.

1.醒来;起来
2.醒,醒来;醒着
3.弄醒,叫醒使觉醒,使醒悟
4.苏醒,复活,活过来
5.警觉,醒悟
6.醒;不再睡:
7.唤起
8.〔古、方〕为…守夜,为…守灵
9.以闹声扰乱;使再反响;引起再回声:
10.使振作,使发奋激发(感情等);引起(反响等)

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例句：

1. It has been a real wake up call for HIV researchers all over.
   这确实是对所有艾滋病研究者的清凉剂。

2. Sarkozy said those calling for all nuclear power plants to be shut down in the wake of the Fukushima crisis should be more realistic.
   萨科齐表示，福岛核电站危机之后呼吁关闭所有核电站的人应该更加现实一点。

3. Try these things to give yourself a burst of morning energy and ensure you wake up feeling motivated and ready to go.
   按照以下的建议，每天清晨你都会感受到活力的爆发，自己是多么的充满激情，时刻准备着。

4. But the boom has not lasted long enough to leave too much debt in its wake.
   不过，房地产繁荣时间还没有长到留下过多债务的程度。

5. "When the sun goes away and the summer ends, we're all going to wake up and see things are as barren as ever, " he said.
   他表示：“当阳光不在，夏季过去，我们都将清醒过来，看到一切荒芜依旧。”

6. Sometimes he would be asleep when I came in, and I would wake him saying, If you were so tired, you should have gone to bed.
   有时当我回来，他已经睡着了。我便把他叫醒，告诉他：既然你这么累，就该早点去睡觉。

7. Many mornings, she would wake up to the kiss of a stranger, unable to remember what had happened the night before.
   每天早上，她都会在一个陌生人的亲吻下醒来，却记不起发生了什么事。

8. Difficulty falling asleep is just a form of insomnia, there are many common dream, easy to wake up, wake up early and do not sleep at night.
   入睡困难仅仅是失眠的一种表现形式，常见的还有多梦，易惊醒，早醒和夜间不眠。