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.
[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。
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[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
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[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。
dawning
...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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相关词组:
dawn on
Oxford
dawn/dɔːn; NAmEdɔːn/
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verb
dawndawnsdawneddawningnoun1[uncountable , countable ]the time of day when light first appears 黎明;拂晓;破晓SYN
daybreak
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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.verb1[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 VERBˈdawn 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; NAmEdɔːn/
1the time at the beginning of the day when light first appearsSYN daybreak → duskat 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]
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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 phrasal verbif 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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VERB14122
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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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