| 单词 | dawn |
| 释义 | noun | verb dawndawn1 /dɔn/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable] 1the time at the beginning of the day when light first appears SYN daybreak: We talked almost until dawn. An ice storm at dawn paralyzed St. Louis traffic. When dawn broke (=the first light of the day appeared) we could see the mountains in the distance. Mom got up at the crack of dawn (=very early in the morning) to put the turkey into the oven. We worked hard from dawn till dusk (=all day while it is light).2the dawn of something the beginning of a period of time, especially one that people feel very positive and hopeful about SYN birth: the dawn of the 21st centurythe dawn of time/civilization/history (=the time when people first existed) [Origin: 1200–1300 daw to dawn (10–19 centuries), from Old English dagian; related to day] → see also false dawn noun | verb dawndawn2 ●○○ verb [intransitive] 1if day or morning dawns, it begins: As day dawned, we looked out to see the snow.dawn bright/clear/fresh etc. Thursday dawned bright and sunny.2literary if a period of time or situation dawns, it begins: A new technological era was dawning.3literary if a fact dawns, you realize it or think of it for the first timedawn on somebody phrasal verb if a fact or idea dawns on you, you realize it or think of it for the first time: The horrible truth was slowly dawning on me. Gradually it dawned on me that he wasn’t going to change. |
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