n.(名词)[C][U]黎明; 拂晓 the time of day when light first appears; the first appearance of light in the sky before the sun rises[S]开端; 萌芽 the beginning or first appearance of new period, idea, feeling, etc.v.(动词)vi. & link v. 破晓; (天)初亮 begin to grow lightvi. 开始现出 begin to appear
英英释义
dawn[ dɔ:n ]
n.the first light of day
"we got up before dawn"
同义词：dawningmorningaurorafirst lightdaybreakbreak of daybreak of the daydayspringsunrisesunupcockcrow
the earliest period
"the dawn of civilization"
同义词：morning
an opening time period
"it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
v.become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"
同义词：clickget throughcome homeget acrosssink inpenetratefall into place
appear or develop
"The age of computers had dawned"
become light
"It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
dawn 相关例句
词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)动词+～
mark the dawn标志着开始
see the dawn看到曙光
wait for the dawn等待着开始
wake with dawn黎明即醒
形容词+～
cold dawn寒冷的拂晓
golden dawn金色的曙光
介词+～
at dawn拂晓时
before dawn黎明前
from dawn till dark从早到晚
～+介词
dawn of this century本世纪之初
用作动词 (v.)～+副词
dawn abruptly突然明白
dawn calmly悄然天亮
dawn clearly清楚地了解
dawn finally终于开始现出
dawn gradually渐渐地了解
dawn slowly慢慢地清楚
～+介词
dawn on明白
dawn on one's mind了解
dawn on one's view出现在某人面前
dawn upon the world世界开始进入
词组短语
at dawn拂晓；天一亮
before dawn凌晨；黎明前；拂晓
dawn on开始被理解；渐渐明白
crack of dawn n. 破晓；黎明
同近义词辨析
dawn, twilight, dusk
这组词都有“黎明，黄昏”的意思，其区别是：
dawn指天刚亮时的黎明，可作引申用。
twilight指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常侧重于前者。
dusk指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
We set sail at dawn and headed for New York. 我们在黎明起程，直驶纽约。
Diana aroused them just before dawn. 戴安娜在黎明前唤醒了他们。
I can see the dawn of the better day for humanity. 我已经看到了人类美好日子的曙光。
The sky was pink with the first glimmer of the dawn. 天空因第一丝曙光而呈淡红色。
We're at the end of the historical epoch, and at the dawn of another. 我们正处在一个历史时代的末期, 另一个历史时代的开端。
We look forward to the dawn of better days. 我们期待较好的日子的来临。
The marchers jumped off at the crack of dawn. 行军队伍在破晓时出发了。
Dawn was breaking when we came back to the camp. 当我们返回营地时，天刚破晓。
Break of dawn, there's no sun up in the sky. 破晓时分,天空还没有太阳。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
A new era is dawning. 一个新的时代开始出现了。
It began to dawn after the long night. 漫漫长夜之后天开始亮起来。
The truth began to dawn upon him. 他开始明白那道理。
It didn't dawn on me that I was getting the bum's rush. 我不明白，我竟要被赶走。
权威例句
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