wakeful

英 [ˈweɪkfl]

美 [ˈweɪkfl]

adj. 失眠的; 不能入睡的; 没怎么睡的; 不眠的

BNC.37239 / COCA.31872

牛津词典

adj.

失眠的；不能入睡的
not sleeping; unable to sleep
1. He lay wakeful all night.
  他躺在床上彻夜未眠。
没怎么睡的；不眠的
spent with little or no sleep
1. She had spent many wakeful nights worrying about him.
  她度过了许多不眠之夜，为他担心。

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 难以入睡的;失眠的;睡眠轻的
Someone who iswakefulfinds it difficult to get to sleep and wakes up very often when they should be sleeping.
1. Wakeful babies will often continue to need little sleep as they grow older.
  通常睡眠轻的婴儿长大后仍然只需要较少的睡眠。

英英释义

adj

carefully observant or attentive
1. a policy of open-eyed awareness
2. the vigilant eye of the town watch
3. there was a watchful dignity in the room
4. a watchful parent with a toddler in tow
Synonym:argus-eyedopen-eyedvigilant
marked by full consciousness or alertness
1. worked every moment of my waking hours
Synonym:waking
(of sleep) easily disturbed
1. in a light doze
2. a light sleeper
3. a restless wakeful night
Synonym:light

双语例句

I felt wakeful and alert.
我觉得既清醒又警觉。
At each change in engine sound she grew more wakeful.
她随着发动机声的每一变化而越来越清醒了。
And studies have also shown that when deciding between a nap and an attractive wakeful activity, they choose the activity.
研究还表明当决定是要小睡还是进行吸引人的提神活动的时候，人们会选择活动一下。
I had a wakeful night because he warned me that I should be watchful.
我一夜未眠，因为他警告我要小心。
From your breast you have fed us with life but not immortality, that is why your eyes are ever wakeful.
从你的胸乳里，你是以生命而不是以不朽来哺育我们，因此你的眼睛永远是警醒的。
The children are wakeful tonight.
今晚小孩们还没入睡。
He lay wakeful all night.
他躺在床上彻夜未眠。
I found myself weary and yet wakeful, tossing restlessly from side to side, seeking for the sleep which would not come.
我虽感疲倦，可是又不能入睡，辗转反侧，愈想睡愈睡不着。
But one of the girls who occupied an adjoining bed was more wakeful than Tess, and would insist upon relating to the latter various particulars of the homestead into which she had just entered.
不过，在和她毗邻的一张床上睡觉的女孩子，不像苔丝那样很快就能入睡，坚持要讲讲她刚刚加入进来的这户人家的一些琐事。
And drown the wakeful anguish of the soul.
苦闷的灵魂永无清醒的一天。