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Dawn Time Day Light Dawned Dɔːn Morning N

Dawn: Dawn; daybreak; beginning; first appearance. The word can be used as a noun to refer to the time of day when light first appears, or figuratively, the beginning or early stages of something. It can also be used as a verb to indicate the start or arrival of a day or period, or the emergence of a new realization or idea.

dawn: 黎明;拂晓;开端;起始阶段;初现;出现;开始形成 这个词可以用作名词,指每天天刚亮的时候,或者比喻意义上指事情的开端或早期阶段。 也可以用作动词,表示(一天或一个时期)开始或到来,或指新的认识、想法的出现。

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[N-VAR 可变名词]黎明;拂晓 Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
  • Nancy woke at dawn.

    拂晓时分南希醒了。

2
[N-SING 单数名词]开端;起始阶段 The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it.
  [usu the N of n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight.

    一个能够回想起动力飞行初始阶段的人那时脑子里想了些什么,我们只能够猜测而已。

  • ...the dawn of the radio age.

    无线电时代的开端

3
[VERB 动词]初现;出现;开始形成 If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence.
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned...

    新的铁路时代——高速铁路时代,在整个欧洲已经开始出现。

  • A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team...

    对于那名教练和他的年轻球队来说,一个崭新的时代似乎即将到来。

  • Now there is a dawning realisation that drastic action is necessary.

    现在人们开始意识到必须采取断然的行动。

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  • ...the dawning of the space age...

    太空时代的开始

  • Tettlinger uncovered his eyes in the first dawning of hope.

    泰特林格一看到希望就不再捂着眼睛了。

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[VERB 动词](一天)到来,开始 When you say that a particular day dawned, you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light.
  [V]
  [V adj]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather...

    当那个不同寻常的日子到来时,大家首先关注的是天气。

  • The next day dawned sombre and gloomy.

    第二天拂晓时,天色阴沉昏暗。

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at the crack of dawn→see:
crack
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    Oxford dawn / dɔːn ; NAmE dɔːn /
    noun
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    verb
    dawn dawns dawned dawning
    noun 1 [uncountable ,  countable ] the time of day when light first appears 黎明;拂晓;破晓 SYN
    daybreak
    ,
    sunrise
    They start work at dawn. 天一亮他们就开始干活了。 It's almost dawn. 天快亮了。 We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke (= as the first light could be seen). 黎明时分我们到达了悉尼。 I woke up just before dawn. 我正好在拂晓前醒来。 summer's early dawns 夏日早到的黎明 He works from dawn till dusk (= from morning till night). 他从早到晚地工作。 compare
    dusk
    2 [singular ] dawn(of sth) the beginning or first signs of sth 开端;曙光;萌芽 the dawn of civilization/time/history 文明╱时代╱历史的开端 Peace marked a new dawn in the country's history. 和平使这个国家的历史翻开了新的一页。 IDIOMsee
    break
    n.
    ,
    crack
    n.
    verb 1 [intransitive ] (of a day or a period of time 一天或一个时期 ) to begin 开始 The following morning dawned bright and warm. 第二天一大早阳光和煦。 A new technological age had dawned. 新技术时代已经开始。 2 [intransitive ] to become obvious or easy to understand 变得明朗;开始清楚 Slowly the awful truth dawned. 可怕的事实慢慢地清晰起来。 IDIOMsee
    light
    n.
    PHRASAL VERB ˈdawn on sb [no passive ] if sth dawns on you,you begin to realize it for the first time 使开始明白;使渐渐领悟;使开始理解 it dawns on sb that… Suddenly it dawned on me that they couldn't possibly have met before. 我突然明白他们以前不可能见过面。
    dawn / dɔːn ; NAmE dɔːn /
    LDC
    dawn1 noun
    dawn2 verb
    dawndawn1 /dɔːn $ dɒːn/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable]
    Word Origin
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    1the time at the beginning of the day when light first appears SYN  daybreakduskat dawn The boats set off at dawn. When dawn broke (=the first light of the day appeared), we were still 50 miles from Calcutta. I was up at the crack of dawn (=very early in the morning) to get the plane. We worked from dawn to dusk (=through the whole day while it is light). the cold light of dawn2the dawn of civilization/time etc the time when something began or first appeared:  People have been falling in love since the dawn of time. see thesaurus at
    beginning
    3a false dawn something that seems positive or hopeful but really is not:  There was talk of share prices recovering, but that was just a false dawn.
    dawn1 noun
    dawn2 verb
    dawndawn2 ●○○ verb [intransitive]
    Verb Table
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    1if day or morning dawns, it begins:  The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm.2if a period of time or situation dawns, it begins:  The age of Darwin had dawned.3if a feeling or idea dawns, you have it for the first time:  It began to dawn that something was wrong.dawn on somebody phrasal verb if a fact dawns on you, you realize it for the first time:  The ghastly truth dawned on me.it dawns on somebody (that) It dawned on me that Jo had been right all along.
    WDF

    dawn

    [dɔ:n]dawned, dawning, dawns

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    黎明(61%),破晓(18%),曙光(12%),开端(6%),开始出现(2%),逐渐明白(1%)
    n.黎明;开端
    vt.破晓;出现;被领悟
    n.(Dawn)人名;(西)道恩

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