dawn
noun[CorU]
uk/dɔːn/us/dɑːn/B2
theperiodin thedaywhenlightfrom thesunbeginstoappearin thesky:
拂晓,破晓,黎明Wewokeatdawn.天一亮我们就醒了。
Weleftas dawn wasbreaking(=starting).我们离开时天将破晓。
Weleftat thebreakofdawn.我们离开时天将破晓。
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the dawn ofsomethingC1literary
thestartof aperiodoftimeor thebeginningof something new:
…的开始;…的曙光Thefallof the BerlinWallmarkedthe dawn ofa newerainEuropeanhistory.柏林墙的倒塌标志着欧洲历史上一个新纪元的开始。
from dawn to dusk
from earlymorninguntilnight:
从早到晚Weworkedfrom dawn todusk, sevendaysaweek.我们从早到晚地工作,一周7天都是如此。
- Shesleptfitfullythroughoutthenightandarosebefore dawn.
- Threeprisonerswereinvolvedin a dawnjailbreaktoday.
- Theymountedasurpriseattackat dawn.
- She's always up before dawn.
- Theypartiedtill dawn.
Days & times of day
- afternoon
- afternoons
- am
- arvo
- at the crack of dawnidiom
- high noon
- hour
- in broad daylightidiom
- in the dead of night/winteridiom
- last orders
- night
- nocturnally
- noon
- noontime
- o'clock
- office hours
- the witching hour
- twilit
- workday
- working day
dawn
verb[I]
uk/dɔːn/us/dɑːn/dawnverb[I](BEGIN)
If adayorperiodoftimedawns, itbegins:
破晓;开始Heleftthehousejust as thedaywas dawning.天将破晓时他离开了那座房子。
In the late 1970s, thepersonalcomputererawas dawning.个人电脑时代开始于20世纪70年代晚期。
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- become
- begin
- branch out
- develop
- export
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- inaugurate
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- takesomethingup
dawnverb[I](BECOME KNOWN)
mainlyUK
tobecomeknownorobvious:
见分晓,水落石出;变得明朗Gradually thetruthabout him dawned.他的真实面目渐渐暴露了出来。
[+ that]Iteventuallydawnedthathe wouldn't be coming back.最终证明他不会回来了。
Thinking and contemplating
- a brown studyidiom
- agonize
- agonize over/aboutsomething
- beard-stroking
- bethink
- consideration
- dip
- harbour
- introspect
- introspection
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's seeidiom
- reflection
- run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
- scratch
- scratchyourheadidiom
- self-contemplation
- self-reflection
- soul-searching
dawning
noun[S]uk/ˈdɔː.nɪŋ/us/ˈdɑː.nɪŋ/
the dawning of thedigitalage
Phrasal verb
dawn onsomeone