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Apr 22, 2010 · England (aged 79) UK English. Sep 22, 2016. #10. You seem to be right about it being a literary expression. For examples, one can enter "startled awake" in Google Books. I would agree that he was startled awake sounds better (at least in BE). The OED gives some examples of startle as an intransitive verb, but I have never come across this use.
Sep 24, 2005 · to be up (out of bed) = auf sein. New Cassell's German Dictionary says the same. Collins Robert English-French dictionary has. up (out of bed) to be up = être levé. However, just to muddy the waters. Collins English Dictionary Australian Edition 1991. up : out of bed, awake.
Jun 18, 2012 · Jun 25, 2013. #4. Egmont said: The verb "awake" has two past participle forms. I've been reading a lot of Edwardian (1900-20 approx) fiction recently and have been surprised to find that the past participle of awake was formerly awoke ("I have awoke"). I've come across it numerous times so it's definitely not a mistake.
Jun 22, 2017 · Senior Member. Lebanese. Jun 22, 2017. #1. She stirred awake a little after noon and sat up, blinking in the sunlight, an old woman of a hundred and eight. She had slept wrong on her back and it was a pure misery to her. Source: The Stand by Stephen King. Context: They call her Mother Abaigail.
Sep 15, 2020 · The farm had a wooded area with a beautiful lake which interested the man, so he decided to buy it. "Awaken" is out of place here; this usually imagines that the interest was already there, but sleeping. A person cannot have an interest in something they never knew existed. "Make" is also out of place. It is relatively rare to use the verb ...
wake 与awake的区别:. 1、从词形变换来看:wake和awake的过去式和 过去分词 可以是规则的(waked, waked 和 awaked, awaked),也可以是不规则的(woke, woken 和 awoke, awoken),但在现代英语中通常只用其不规则变换形式。. 2、从是否连用副词up来看:wake通常可与up连用,而 ...
May 11, 2018 · Spanish. May 11, 2018. #1. Hello, From The Girl On The Train: "Cathy came home and found me drinking. She wasn’t happy. What could I tell her? There was no way to explain it. I just said I was sorry and went upstairs to my room, like a teenager in a sulk. And then I lay awake, trying to sleep, waiting for Tom to call.
Jul 30, 2010 · awake 的用法一、awake 用作动词,用于本义,表示“醒来”、“唤醒”,可以是及物或不及物动词,但用于引申义,表示“认识到”、“意识到”时,总是不及物动词,若要后接宾语,总是用介词 to。
May 8, 2012 · May 8, 2012. #2. Your friend probably meant that although he was "up" (no longer in bed), he did not feel fully awake. It sometimes takes a while before our brains and/or body start (s) to function properly after sleep, and that is what I think of as being up, but not awake. M.
Oct 6, 2015 · 语法:awake用作不及物动词的基本意思是“醒来”,引申可表示为“醒悟”,用作及物动词则表示“唤醒…”或“使…觉悟”。 例句: You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend. 你不会在躺在床上睡不着,你的朋友的想法。 扩展资料. 近义词:Laying awake