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dawn

美 [dɔːn]英 [dɔːn]
  • n.黎明;曙光;破晓;拂晓;开端;萌芽
  • vi.开始;变得明朗;开始清楚

复数: dawns 过去式: dawned 现在分词: dawning 过去分词: dawned 第三人称单数: dawns

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noun

1

黎明;拂晓;破晓
the time of day when light first appears

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。

2

开端;曙光;萌芽
the beginning or first signs of sth

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。

习语

the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light

very early in the morning

verb

1

开始
to begin

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

变得明朗;开始清楚
to become obvious or easy to understand

Slowly the awful truth dawned.

可怕的事实慢慢地清晰起来。

3

使开始明白;使渐渐领悟;使开始理解
if sth dawns on you , you begin to realize it for the first time

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

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR 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 开端;起始阶段
    The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it.

    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。

  • 3
    VERB 初现;出现;开始形成
    If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence.

    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。

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

    太空时代的开始

  • 5
    VERB (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.

    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。

  • 6
    at the crack of dawn→ see:crack

noun

1
the earliest period
the dawn of civilization
the morning of the world
Synonym: morning
2
the first light of day
we got up before dawn
they talked until morning
Synonym: dawning morning aurora first light daybreak break of day break of the day dayspring sunrise sunup cockcrow
3
an opening time period
it was the dawn of the Roman Empire

verb

1
become light
It started to dawn, and we had to get up
2
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
she was penetrated with sorrow
Synonym: click get through come home get across sink in penetrate fall into place
3
appear or develop
The age of computers had dawned

数据来源:WordNet

  1. He was awakened at dawn by the sound of crying .

    黎明时他被哭喊声吵醒。

  2. They attacked the enemy positions at dawn .

    黎明时分,他们向敌军阵地发起进攻。

  3. 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。

  4. The area was inhabited long before the dawn of recorded history .

    早在有历史记载之前很久这个地区就有人居住了。

  5. A new technological age had dawned .

    新技术时代已经开始。

  6. Dawn was breaking when they finally left .

    他们终于离开时正是破晓时分。

  7. They start work at dawn .

    天一亮他们就开始干活了。

  8. I puzzled over the problem for ages before the light suddenly dawned .

    我对这个问题冥思苦想了很久才豁然开朗。

  9. The following morning dawned bright and warm .

    第二天一大早阳光和煦。

  10. At dawn the army attacked the town .

    军队在拂晓时向这座城镇发动攻击。

  11. Soldiers stormed into the city at dawn .

    士兵在拂晓时分攻进城里。

  12. It 's almost dawn .

    天快亮了。

  13. 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。

  14. He works from dawn till dusk .

    他从早到晚地工作。

  15. New York buzzes from dawn to dusk .

    纽约从早到晚都熙熙攘攘的。

  16. They were arrested during a dawn raid .

    在一次清晨的突击搜查中,他们都被捕了。

  17. Slowly the awful truth dawned .

    可怕的事实慢慢地清晰起来。

  18. The troops landed at dawn .

    部队已在黎明登陆。

  19. We woke at dawn .

    我们在黎明醒来。

  20. 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。

  21. These days all sorts of people were up at the crack of dawn

    这些天所有人都一大早就起来。

  22. I aim to be off the lake before dawn , so let 's get moving

    我计划黎明前从湖畔出发,大家马上行动起来吧。

  23. 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。

  24. I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall .

    我披星戴月地工作。

  25. I often start work at the crack of dawn when there is a big order to get out .

    有大笔订单要处理时,我经常会清晨便开始工作。

  26. The day dawned sunless and with a low cloud base .

    黎明时分天气阴沉,云幕低垂。

  27. 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。

  28. It gradually dawned upon me that I still had talent and ought to run again

    我渐渐明白了自己还有才能,应该再次参加竞选。

  29. They continued the search as dawn broke .

    天放亮后他们继续搜寻。

  30. The next day dawned , thankfully with a drop in wind and waves .

    幸运的是,第二天天亮时,风浪平静了些。

  • 短语动词
  • 习语

被领悟;被理解;被想到

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dawn on sb

使开始明白;使渐渐领悟;使开始理解
if sth dawns on you , you begin to realize it for the first time

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。

n.

break of day/dawn

破晓;黎明
the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light

at the crack of dawn

黎明;破晓;清晨
very early in the morning