dawn
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises. 黎明
Nancy woke at dawn. 天剛亮南希就醒了。
2. N-SING Thedawnof a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it. 開端[文學(xué)性]
...the dawn of the radio age. …無線通訊時(shí)代的開端。
3. V-I If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence. 開始[書面]
A new century was dawning. 一個(gè)新的世紀(jì)開始了。
4. dawningN-SING 開端
...the dawning of the space age. …太空時(shí)代的開始。
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dawn /d??n/ (dawning,dawned,dawns)
劍橋詞典
- the period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky
- She slept fitfully throughout the night and arose before dawn.
- Three prisoners were involved in a dawn jailbreak today.
- They mounted a surprise attack at dawn.
- She's always up before dawn.
- They partied till dawn. 返回 dawn
拂曉，破曉，黎明
We woke at dawn. 天一亮我們就醒了。
We left as dawn was breaking (= starting ). 我們離開時(shí)天將破曉。
We left at the break of dawn. 我們離開時(shí)天將破曉。
?the dawn of sth C1 literary
the start of a period of time or the beginning of something new
…的開始；…的曙光
The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the dawn of a new era in European history . 柏林墻的倒塌標(biāo)志著歐洲歷史上一個(gè)新紀(jì)元的開始。
?from dawn to dusk
from early morning until night
從早到晚
We worked from dawn to dusk , seven days a week . 我們從早到晚地工作，一周7天都是如此。
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