1. 黎明;拂曉 Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
e.g. Nancy woke at dawn. 拂曉時(shí)分南希醒了。
2. 開(kāi)端;起始階段 The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it.
e.g. We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight. 一個(gè)能夠回想起動(dòng)力飛行初始階段的人那時(shí)腦子里想了些什么,我們只能夠猜測(cè)而已。 e.g. ...the dawn of the radio age. 無(wú)線電時(shí)代的開(kāi)端
3. 初現(xiàn);出現(xiàn);開(kāi)始形成 If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence.
e.g. Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned... 新的鐵路時(shí)代——高速鐵路時(shí)代,在整個(gè)歐洲已經(jīng)開(kāi)始出現(xiàn)。 e.g. A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team... 對(duì)于那名教練和他的年輕球隊(duì)來(lái)說(shuō),一個(gè)嶄新的時(shí)代似乎即將到來(lái)。
dawning ...the dawning of the space age... 太空時(shí)代的開(kāi)始 Tettlinger uncovered his eyes in the first dawning of hope. 泰特林格一看到希望就不再捂著眼睛了。
4. (一天)到來(lái),開(kāi)始 When you say that a particular day dawned, you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light.
dawn
e.g. When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather... 當(dāng)那個(gè)不同尋常的日子到來(lái)時(shí),大家首先關(guān)注的是天氣。 e.g. The next day dawned sombre and gloomy. 第二天拂曉時(shí),天色陰沉昏暗。
5. at the crack of dawn -> see crack
相關(guān)詞組:dawn on
dawn英英釋義
noun
1. the earliest period
e.g. the dawn of civilization the morning of the world
Synonym: morning
2. the first light of day
e.g. we got up before dawn they talked until morning
Synonym: dawningmorningaurorafirst lightdaybreakbreak of daybreak of the daydayspringsunrisesunupcockcrow
3. an opening time period
e.g. it was the dawn of the Roman Empire
verb
1. become light
e.g. It started to dawn, and we had to get up
2. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
e.g. It dawned on him that she had betrayed him she was penetrated with sorrow
Synonym: clickget throughcome homeget acrosssink inpenetratefall into place