| 单词 | dawn |
| 释义 | dawnWord family noundawn chorusdawn raidverbdawn Chronology dawn1 /dɔːn $ dɒːn/ ●●○ noun [countableC, uncountableU] 1 TMCthe time at the beginning of the day when light first appears 黎明，破晓 SYN daybreak, → dusk at dawn The boats set off at dawn. 天一亮船队就出发了。 When dawn broke (=the first light of the day appeared), we were still 50 miles from Calcutta. 破晓的时候，我们离加尔各答还有50英里。 I was up at the crack of dawn (=very early in the morning) to get the plane. 我一大早就起来赶飞机。 We worked from dawn to dusk (=through the whole day while it is light). 我们从早干到晚。 the cold light of dawn 清冷的晨曦 2 the dawn of civilization/time etc BEGINNINGthe time when something began or first appeared 文明的开端/宇宙初开等 People have been falling in love since the dawn of time. ► see thesaurus at beginning 亘古以来就有爱情。 Examples from the Corpus the dawn of civilization/time etc• Once, long ago, at the dawn of time, he had persuaded man to disobey in a garden.• Since the dawn of time, roughly a hundred billion human beings have walked the planet Earth. 3 a false dawn HOPEsomething that seems positive or hopeful but really is not 虚幻的希望 There was talk of share prices recovering, but that was just a false dawn. 有人说股价会回升，但那不过是镜花水月而已。 Examples from the Corpus a false dawn• That proved to be a false dawn, as Moravcik's replacement, McNamara, was the one who scored.• Tracers lit up the fog like a false dawn.• It was a false dawn, replaced soon after by a now starless night that was blacker than the previous hours. Examples from the Corpus dawn• But even at 6: 30 at night, there can be a dawn.• The cowbird lays her egg at dawn.• One morning she rose at dawn and climbed Ballymacadoyle Hill, behind the fort.• Eck therefore had a whole night's steaming to put himself a hundred miles from the sinking before submerging at dawn.• Waking with a start, she lay in the grey half-light of dawn, wondering where she was.• It had been the hope which had kept her going through the dawn and early morning.• We talked almost until dawn.• There, we spent a night at a Yonchon inn and waited until dawn to make our getaway. at dawn• An ice storm at dawn paralyzed St. Louis traffic. dawn2 ●○○ verb [intransitiveI] 1 START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCif day or morning dawns, it begins 破晓，天亮 The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm. 暴风雨过后，破晓时天朗气清。 2 START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCif a period of time or situation dawns, it begins 〔某一时期或情形〕开始 The age of Darwin had dawned. 达尔文时代开始了。 3 THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHTif a feeling or idea dawns, you have it for the first time 第一次有某种感觉[想法] It began to dawn that something was wrong. 于是开始想到什么地方出了差错。 4 dawn on somebody phrasal verbphr v REALIZEif a fact dawns on you, you realize it for the first time 开始明白〔某个事实〕，醒悟 The ghastly truth dawned on me. 我开始明白了可怕的真相。 it dawns on somebody (that) It dawned on me that Jo had been right all along. 我开始明白乔一直都是对的。 Examples from the Corpus dawn• Monday dawned, as Mondays will, and it was back to the Soho Laundry.• As the Cold War dawned in 1949, Galvin was starting his military career.• Until it dawned on her that by postponing the decision she was making a decision.• It dawned on me that no one seemed to be idle.• Suddenly it dawned on Ramsay that this flag was considerably larger than that flown by the Regent.• Suddenly it dawned on Rose that he stopped by so frequently because he was attracted to her.• It is dawning on the rebels that they may have wider support than first realised.• I was afraid that if I appeared too eager, it might dawn on the woman she had made a terrible mistake. (1200-1300) daw “to dawn” ((10-19 centuries)), from Old English dagian; related to day |
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