N头条>英语词典>dawn翻译和用法

dawn

英 [dɔːn]

美 [dɔːn]

n.  黎明; 拂晓; 破晓; 开端; 曙光; 萌芽
v.  开始; 变得明朗; 开始清楚

过去式:dawned 第三人称单数:dawns 过去分词:dawned 现在分词:dawning 复数:dawns 

高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTS

Collins.2 / BNC.4374 / COCA.4004

短语动词

dawn ondawn upon
1. 被领悟;被理解;被想到  

短语用例

    dawn on sb

    • 使开始明白;使渐渐领悟;使开始理解
      if sth dawns on you , you begin to realize it for the first time
      1. They start work at dawn .
        天一亮他们就开始干活了。
      2. It's almost dawn.
        天快亮了。
      3. We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke (= as the first light could be seen) .
        黎明时分我们到达悉尼。
      4. I woke up just before dawn.
        我正好在拂晓前醒来。
      5. summer's early dawns
        夏日早到的黎明
      6. He works from dawn till dusk (= from morning till night) .
        他从早到晚地工作。

    习惯用语

      n.

        break of day/dawn
      • 破晓;黎明
        the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light
      • at the crack of dawn
      • 黎明;破晓;清晨
        very early in the morning

      牛津词典

        noun

        • 黎明;拂晓;破晓
          the time of day when light first appears
          1. They start work at dawn .
            天一亮他们就开始干活了。
          2. It's almost dawn.
            天快亮了。
          3. We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke (= as the first light could be seen) .
            黎明时分我们到达悉尼。
          4. I woke up just before dawn.
            我正好在拂晓前醒来。
          5. summer's early dawns
            夏日早到的黎明
          6. He works from dawn till dusk (= from morning till night) .
            他从早到晚地工作。
        • 开端;曙光;萌芽
          the beginning or first signs of sth
          1. the dawn of civilization/time/history
            文明 / 时代 / 历史的开端
          2. Peace marked a new dawn in the country's history.
            和平使这个国家的历史翻开了新的一页。

        verb

        • 开始
          to begin
          1. The following morning dawned bright and warm.
            第二天一大早阳光和煦。
          2. A new technological age had dawned.
            新技术时代已经开始。
        • 变得明朗;开始清楚
          to become obvious or easy to understand
          1. Slowly the awful truth dawned.
            可怕的事实慢慢地清晰起来。

        柯林斯词典

        • N-VAR 黎明;拂晓
          Dawnis the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
          1. Nancy woke at dawn.
            拂晓时分南希醒了。
        • N-SING 开端;起始阶段
          The dawn ofa period of time or a situation is the beginning of it.
          1. 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。
          2. ...the dawn of the radio age.
            无线电时代的开端
        • VERB 初现;出现;开始形成
          If somethingis dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence.
          1. Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned...
            新的铁路时代——高速铁路时代,在整个欧洲已经开始出现。
          2. A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team...
            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。
          3. Now there is a dawning realisation that drastic action is necessary.
            现在人们开始意识到必须采取断然的行动。
        • VERB (一天)到来,开始
          When you say that a particular daydawned, you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light.
          1. When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather...
            当那个不同寻常的日子到来时,大家首先关注的是天气。
          2. The next day dawned sombre and gloomy.
            第二天拂晓时,天色阴沉昏暗。
        • at the crack of dawn→ see:crack

        英英释义

        noun

        verb

        双语例句

        • Nancy woke at dawn.
          拂晓时分南希醒了。
        • The business, founded by Dawn and Nigel, suffered financial setbacks.
          唐和奈杰尔创办的企业在资金上遇到了一些问题。
        • The division commander ordered that we start the attack before dawn.
          师长令我们在拂晓前发起攻击。
        • At dawn they started off to work in the fields.
          天一亮他们就下地干活去了。
        • Now there is a dawning realisation that drastic action is necessary.
          现在人们开始意识到必须采取断然的行动。
        • The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
          雄鸡报晓,鸟儿欢叫。
        • The gleam of dawn shimmered in the east.
          东方发亮了。
        • The first signs of the dawn appear on the horizon.
          黎明的曙光出现在地平线上。
        • I often start work at the crack of dawn when there is a big order to get out.
          有大笔订单要处理时,我经常会清晨便开始工作。
        • The next day dawned sombre and gloomy.
          第二天拂晓时,天色阴沉昏暗。