dawn
US
UK dawn n: (earliest time of day)
SC 黎明 lí míng
TC 黎明
TC 黎明
SC 拂晓 lí míng，fú xiǎo
SC 破晓 lí míng，pò xiǎo
Helen watched the dawn as she drank her morning coffee.
海伦一边喝着她的晨间咖啡一边看着天空拂晓。
dawn n: figurative (beginning)
SC 开端 kāi duān
TC 開端
TC 開端
SC 开始 kāi duān，kāi shǐ
TC 開始
TC 開始
Some things haven't changed since the dawn of civilization.
有些事物自从文明伊始就一尘不变。
dawn vi: figurative (realization: occur to [sb])
SC 被想到，被意识到 bèi xiǎng dào
Suddenly, the realization dawned that she would never see her father again.
她忽然意识到自己再也见不到父亲了。
dawn vi: (morning: grow light)
SC 破晓 pò xiǎo
SC 曙光初露
The day dawned without a cloud in the sky.
万里无云的天，曙光初露。
dawn vi: figurative (begin)
SC 开始 kāi shǐ
TC 開始
TC 開始
SC 出现 kāi shǐ，chū xiàn
TC 出現
TC 出現
A new technological era is dawning.
一个崭新的科技时代正在开始。
dawn on [sb] that vtr phrasal insep: figurative (occur to [sb] that)
SC 意识到 yì shí dào
TC 意識到
TC 意識到
SC 想起 yì shí dào，xiǎng qǐ
TC 想起
TC 想起
Suddenly it dawned on her that her remarks might have been offensive to the others.
at dawn adv: (early in the morning; daybreak)
SC 在黎明 zài lí míng
SC 破晓时 zài lí míng，pò xiǎo shí
SC 拂晓 zài lí míng，fú xiǎo
at the crack of dawn expr: informal (early in morning)
SC 黎明时分 lí míng shí fēn
TC 黎明時分
TC 黎明時分
SC 破晓时 lí míng shí fēn，pò xiǎo shí
SC 一大早 lí míng shí fēn，yí dà zǎo
I have to get up at the crack of dawn to get to work on time.
break of day, break of dawn n: (dawn, sunrise, early morning)
SC 破晓 pò xiǎo
The hunt assembles and is ready to ride at the break of day.
crack of dawn n: (start of the morning)
SC 黎明 lí míng
TC 黎明
TC 黎明
SC 破晓 lí míng，pò xiǎo
It was the crack of dawn when Dan awoke.
dawn on [sb], dawn upon [sb] v expr: figurative (become apparent)
SC 使...顿悟
SC 使...突然理解
All of a sudden, the enormity of what I had done dawned on me.
from dawn to dusk, from dawn till dusk adv: (all day long)
SC 从早到晚地
metasequoia, dawn redwood n: (coniferous tree)
SC 水杉