a‧wake 1 S3 / əweɪk / 形容词 [名词前不用]

1 not sleeping :

I hope he’s awake now.

She was still only half awake when I brought her a cup of coffee.

How do you stay awake during boring lectures?

Emma lay awake half the night, worrying.

The noise brought him wide awake (= completely awake ) .

To keep themselves awake (= stop themselves from going to sleep ) they sat on the floor and told each other stories.

2 be awake to something to understand a situation and its possible effects 同义词 be aware of something :

Too few people are awake to the dangers of noise pollution.

COLLOCATIONS

动词

stay/keep/remain awake I was tired and it was hard to stay awake.

lie awake Kate lay awake thinking about what had happened.

keep somebody awake The noise of the airplanes kept me awake.

shake somebody awake Ben shook me awake and told me the news.

副词

be wide/fully awake (= completely awake ) I’m never wide awake until I’ve had a cup of coffee.

be half awake (= not fully awake ) Most of the people on the train were only half awake.

be hardly/barely awake George, barely awake, came stumbling down the stairs.