| 单词 | dawn |
| 释义 | nounverbdawnBrE /dɔːn/ NAmE /dɔːn/ noun [U , C ]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[sing. ]~ (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。 ● break of ˈday /ˈdawn (literary ) the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light 破晓；黎明● at the crack of ˈdawn (informal ) very early in the morning 黎明；破晓；清晨dawnBrE /dɔːn/ NAmE /dɔːn/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they dawn BrE /dɔːn/ NAmE /dɔːn/ present simple - he / she / it dawns BrE /dɔːnz/ NAmE /dɔːnz/ past simple dawned BrE /dɔːnd/ NAmE /dɔːnd/ past participle dawned BrE /dɔːnd/ NAmE /dɔːnd/ -ing form dawning BrE /ˈdɔːnɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈdɔːnɪŋ/ [I ](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。[I ]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。 ● (the ) light ˈdawned (on sb )somebody suddenly understood or began to understand sth 豁然开朗；恍然大悟◆ 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。 ● 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。 |
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