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. 黎明;拂晓
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Nancy woke at dawn.
拂晓时分南希醒了。
SYN daybreak, morning, sunrise, dawning
2 N-SING 开端;起始阶段 The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it. 开端;起始阶段 [literary]
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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。
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...the dawn of the radio age.
无线电时代的开端
SYN beginning, start, birth, rise
3 VERB 初现;出现;开始形成 If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence. 初现;出现;开始形成 [written]
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Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned. [VERB]
新的铁路时代—高速铁路时代，在整个欧洲已经开始出现。
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A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team. [VERB]
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。
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Now there is a dawning realisation that drastic action is necessary. [VERB-ing]
现在人们开始意识到必须采取断然的行动。
SYN begin, start, open, rise
4 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. (一天）到来，开始 [written]
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When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather. [VERB]
当那个不同寻常的日子到来时，大家首先关注的是天气。
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The next day dawned sombre and gloomy. [VERB adj.ive]
第二天拂晓时，天色阴沉昏暗。
SYN grow light, break, brighten, lighten
5 at the crack of dawn→see: crack
Quotations
rosy-fingered dawn Homer Iliad
For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation? Thornton Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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