| 释义 |
pre-ˈdawn, n. and a.
A. n. [pre- B. 1] The period before daybreak. Also fig.
B. adj. [pre- B. 2.] Occurring before dawn; of or pertaining to the period before daybreak.
1946D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist i. 13 So now I woke, in the pre-dawn of the desert. 1951Jrnl. Geophysical Res. LVI. 325 Between the post-twilight and pre⁓dawn, the intensity goes through a maximum which is partially localized to the north of our station. Ibid., During the post-twilight period, an enhancement of intensity is observed in the western sky. In the predawn observations, no enhancement is noted in the eastern sky. 1963J. Lusby in B. James Austral. Short Stories 222 You felt the brittle pre-dawn tension of any war-time 'drome. 1965G. McInnes Road to Gundagai x. 178 The swirling pre-dawn mist lay wrapped about the feet of every illusion. 1973G. Hart Right from Start i. 30 On we went through October, 1970, the pre-dawn of the campaign. 1978Daily Tel. 11 Nov. 11/1 A total eclipse of the sun at midday immersed the world..in semi-gloom, as in the pre-dawn. |