waken

IPA/ˈweɪkən/
KK[wˈekən]IPA/ˈweɪkən/

waken — verb

  • wakenpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • wakenshe / she / it
  • wakenedpast simple
  • wakening-ing form

1. to stop sleeping, or to cause another person or animal to stop sleeping — prefer

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

to stop sleeping, or to cause another person or animal to stop sleeping — preferred in descriptive or slightly literary writing where 'wake up' would feel too casual.

例句

Soft waves lapping the shore wakened Meera from her afternoon nap.

transitive: waken + object + from [sleep]

Valentina wakened just before sunrise to photograph the mountain peaks.

intransitive: waken + adverbial of time

同義詞
  • wake up

    the everyday neutral choice; default in spoken English

  • awake

    more poetic or formal; often appears in literature

  • awaken

    a touch more formal than 'waken'; common in figurative use

  • rouse

    transitive only; implies deliberate or forceful effort to wake someone

反義詞
  • fall asleep

    the opposite action — entering rather than leaving sleep

  • doze off

    drift gently into sleep; informal counterpart

文法句型

waken + from [sleep / nap / slumber]

waken + to [sound / sight / smell]

waken + object + from [sleep]

用法筆記

More common in literary and descriptive writing than in daily conversation, where 'wake up' is the natural choice. Subject can be either the sleeper (intransitive) or whatever rouses them (transitive).

常見錯誤

❌I waken at 7 AM every weekday.
✅I wake up at 7 AM every weekday.
💡'waken' sounds odd in a habitual daily-routine context; reach for 'wake up' instead.
❌She wakened up at noon.
✅She wakened at noon.
💡the verb already implies the 'up' particle, so adding it is redundant.