first light

Word family nounfirstlingfirst aidfirst ladyfirst lieutenantfirst lightfirst namefirst nightfirst offenderfirst personfirst refusalfirst strikeFirst Worldadverbfirstlyadjectivefirst generationfirst-handfirst-past-the-postfirst-ratefirst

ˌfirst ˈlight noun [uncountableU]

the time at the beginning of day when light first appears 黎明，破晓 SYN dawn, daybreak

Examples from the Corpus

first light• The Caribou took off at first light.• At first light on 7 June I checked the compass.• We had some two hours sleep that night, then proceeded to align our position before first light.• In the pale first light of dawn I pulled off beside a lake in the state of Vera Cruz.• But until first light, how would he fend off the terrors of the darkness?

first lightn

nliteraryTMC the time when light first appears in the morning sky

We set out at first light the next day.

→ light

Examples from the Corpus

first light• The Caribou took off at first light.• At first light on 7 June I checked the compass.• We had some two hours sleep that night, then proceeded to align our position before first light.• Sergio told us that upon entering the rapid his paddle had snapped in half on his first light stroke.• At the end of a long gash An atrocity through the lace of first light I sit with the reeking instrument.• In the pale first light of dawn I pulled off beside a lake in the state of Vera Cruz.• The first light of dawn found Joe in Lucy's basement room at the mews cottage.• But until first light, how would he fend off the terrors of the darkness?

单词	first light
释义	first light Word family nounfirstlingfirst aidfirst ladyfirst lieutenantfirst lightfirst namefirst nightfirst offenderfirst personfirst refusalfirst strikeFirst Worldadverbfirstlyadjectivefirst generationfirst-handfirst-past-the-postfirst-ratefirst ˌfirst ˈlight noun [uncountableU] the time at the beginning of day when light first appears 黎明，破晓 SYN dawn, daybreak Examples from the Corpus first light• The Caribou took off at first light.• At first light on 7 June I checked the compass.• We had some two hours sleep that night, then proceeded to align our position before first light.• In the pale first light of dawn I pulled off beside a lake in the state of Vera Cruz.• But until first light, how would he fend off the terrors of the darkness? first lightn nliteraryTMC the time when light first appears in the morning sky We set out at first light the next day. → light Examples from the Corpus first light• The Caribou took off at first light.• At first light on 7 June I checked the compass.• We had some two hours sleep that night, then proceeded to align our position before first light.• Sergio told us that upon entering the rapid his paddle had snapped in half on his first light stroke.• At the end of a long gash An atrocity through the lace of first light I sit with the reeking instrument.• In the pale first light of dawn I pulled off beside a lake in the state of Vera Cruz.• The first light of dawn found Joe in Lucy's basement room at the mews cottage.• But until first light, how would he fend off the terrors of the darkness?
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