wake² n 1 in the wake of sth happening after something, especially as a result of it 作为…的结果: Five members of the city council resigned in the wake of the scandal. 市议会有五名成员因此丑闻而辞职。 2 [C] the waves and moving water that a ship leaves behind as it moves along 〔船开过后留下的〕航迹，尾波 3 [C] the time before a funeral when people meet to remember the dead person 〔丧葬前的〕守灵，守夜