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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4374 COCA: 4004

dawn

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Related topics: Chronology
dawn1 /dɔːn $ dɒːn/ ●●○ noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
1  TMCthe time at the beginning of the day when light first appears 黎明，破晓 SYN daybreak, → dusk
at dawn
 The boats set off at dawn.
天一亮船队就出发了。
 When dawn broke (=the first light of the day appeared), we were still 50 miles from Calcutta.
破晓的时候，我们离加尔各答还有50英里。
 I was up at the crack of dawn (=very early in the morning) to get the plane.
我一大早就起来赶飞机。
 We worked from dawn to dusk (=through the whole day while it is light).
我们从早干到晚。
 the cold light of dawn
清冷的晨曦
→4  See picture of 见图 dawn
2  the dawn of civilization/time etc BEGINNINGthe time when something began or first appeared 文明的开端/宇宙初开等
 People have been falling in love since the dawn of time.
亘古以来就有爱情。
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the dawn of civilization/time etc• Once, long ago, at the dawn of time, he had persuaded man to disobey in a garden.• Since the dawn of time, roughly a hundred billion human beings have walked the planet Earth.
3  a false dawn HOPEsomething that seems positive or hopeful but really is not 虚幻的希望
 There was talk of share prices recovering, but that was just a false dawn.
有人说股价会回升，但那不过是镜花水月而已。
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a false dawn• That proved to be a false dawn, as Moravcik's replacement, McNamara, was the one who scored.• Tracers lit up the fog like a false dawn.• It was a false dawn, replaced soon after by a now starless night that was blacker than the previous hours.
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dawn• But even at 6: 30 at night, there can be a dawn.• The cowbird lays her egg at dawn.• One morning she rose at dawn and climbed Ballymacadoyle Hill, behind the fort.• Eck therefore had a whole night's steaming to put himself a hundred miles from the sinking before submerging at dawn.• Waking with a start, she lay in the grey half-light of dawn, wondering where she was.• It had been the hope which had kept her going through the dawn and early morning.• We talked almost until dawn.• There, we spent a night at a Yonchon inn and waited until dawn to make our getaway.
at dawn• An ice storm at dawn paralyzed St. Louis traffic.
dawn2 ●○○ verb [intransitiveI]  
1  START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCif day or morning dawns, it begins 破晓，天亮
 The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm.
暴风雨过后，破晓时天朗气清。
2  START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCif a period of time or situation dawns, it begins 〔某一时期或情形〕开始
 The age of Darwin had dawned.
达尔文时代开始了。
3  THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHTif a feeling or idea dawns, you have it for the first time 第一次有某种感觉[想法]
 It began to dawn that something was wrong.
于是开始想到什么地方出了差错。
4 dawn on somebody phrasal verbphr v REALIZEif a fact dawns on you, you realize it for the first time 开始明白〔某个事实〕，醒悟
 The ghastly truth dawned on me.
我开始明白了可怕的真相。
it dawns on somebody (that)
 It dawned on me that Jo had been right all along.
我开始明白乔一直都是对的。
Examples from the Corpus
dawn• Monday dawned, as Mondays will, and it was back to the Soho Laundry.• As the Cold War dawned in 1949, Galvin was starting his military career.• Until it dawned on her that by postponing the decision she was making a decision.• It dawned on me that no one seemed to be idle.• Suddenly it dawned on Ramsay that this flag was considerably larger than that flown by the Regent.• Suddenly it dawned on Rose that he stopped by so frequently because he was attracted to her.• It is dawning on the rebels that they may have wider support than first realised.• I was afraid that if I appeared too eager, it might dawn on the woman she had made a terrible mistake.
Origin dawn1
(1200-1300) daw “to dawn” ((10-19 centuries)), from Old English dagian; related to day
dawn1 noundawn2 verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4374 COCA: 4004
dawn

noun¹

 1early morning黎明ADJECTIVE | VERB + DAWN | DAWN + VERB | DAWN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤grey/gray灰濛濛的黎明▸➤early清晨VERB + DAWN➤greet迎接黎明◇He always got up to greet the dawn.他總是在拂曉時分起牀，迎接黎明的到來。➤see, watch觀看黎明DAWN + VERB➤break, come, come up破曉◇Dawn was breaking over the valley.黎明降臨山谷。DAWN + NOUN➤light, sky黎明的曙光；黎明的天空▸➤chorus拂曉時的啁啾◇The dawn chorus (= birds singing) woke Robyn at five.凌晨 5 點，啁啾的鳥鳴聲把羅賓吵醒了。➤patrol, raid凌晨巡邏；凌晨突擊檢查◇Ammunition was seized during a dawn raid on the house.在凌晨時份對住戶的突擊搜查行動中繳獲了一批彈藥。PREPOSITION➤at dawn在黎明◇That morning, she rose at dawn.那天早晨，天剛亮她就起牀了。➤before dawn黎明前▸➤by dawn到黎明時▸➤till dawn, until dawn直到黎明▸➤towards/toward dawn快到黎明時PHRASES➤(at) the crack of dawn (= as soon as it begins to be light) 破晓時分▸➤from dawn to dusk從早到晚◇He works from dawn to dusk, and often well into the night.他從早到晚地工作，經常一直工作到深夜。
dawn

noun²

 2beginning開始ADJECTIVE | VERB + DAWN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤false虛幻的曙光◇This sudden success may prove to be a false dawn (= not the beginning of continued success).這次的突然成功可能只是一線虛幻的曙光。➤new新的開端VERB + DAWN➤mark, signal標誌着新的開始◇This appointment marked the dawn of a productive era in her scientific career.這一任命標誌着她進入了科研生涯的高產階段。➤see看到曙光◇We are seeing the dawn of a new era.我們看到了新時代的曙光。PREPOSITION➤dawn of⋯的開始◇the dawn of civilization / history文明／歷史的開始◇Let's think back to the dawn of time.讓我們從頭回想一下。
dawn

verb¹

 1begin開始PHRASES➤dawn bright, clear, cold, sunny, etc.以晴天、晴朗的早晨、寒冷的早晨、陽光明媚的早晨等開始◇The day dawned bright and sunny.一大早陽光明媚。
dawn

verb²

 2become clear開始明朗ADVERB | VERB + DAWN | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤suddenly突然變得明朗▸➤gradually, slowly逐漸清晰起來；慢慢明晰起來◇It slowly dawned on me that he might have been mistaken.我慢慢明白他可能是弄錯了。➤eventually, finally最終變得明晰；最後明朗起來VERB + DAWN➤begin to開始明朗◇It was beginning to dawn on her that she had been fooled.她開始明白自己被騙了。PREPOSITION➤on讓⋯明白◇The dreadful truth finally dawned on me.我最終知道了可怕的真相。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4374 COCA: 4004
dawn noun
⇨ dawn (wake at dawn) ⇨ start (the dawn of civilization) dawn

noun

dawn ♦︎ sunrise ♦︎ first thing ♦︎ first light ♦︎ daybreakThese are all words for the time of day when light first appears. 这些词均表示黎明、拂晓时分。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆at / before / since / by / until / till dawn / sunrise / first light / daybreak■ dawn [uncountable, countable] the time of day when light first appears 黎明；拂晓；破晓◆They start work at dawn.天一亮他们就开始干活了。◆It's almost dawn.天快亮了。◆We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke (= as the first light could be seen).破晓时分我们抵达了悉尼。◆She's always up at the crack of dawn (= when dawn begins).她总是黎明即起。◆She awoke to another glorious dawn.她醒来时又是一个美好的黎明。OPP dusk ⇨ night 2 ▸ dawn

verb

 [intransitive] ◆ (written) The following morning dawned bright and warm.第二天清晨，阳光和煦。■ sunrise ˈsʌnraɪz [uncountable, countable, usually singular] dawn; the colours in the part of the sky where the sun first appears in the morning 日出；朝霞◆We left before sunrise.我们日出前就离开了。◆It was an exceptionally beautiful sunrise.那是一片特别美丽的朝霞。OPP sunset ⇨ night 2 ■ ˌfirst ˈthing

adverb

the first moment of the day; before anything else that you do that day 清晨；一大早◆He's always grumpy first thing in the morning.一早起来他总是脾气暴躁。◆I'll call him first thing tomorrow.明天一早我就给他打电话。 OPP last thing ⓘ Last thing means 'late in the evening, after everything else that you do that day'. * last thing表示晚上就寝前做最后一件事的时候◆I took the dog for a walk last thing before going to bed.晚上就寝前我去遛狗了。 ■ ˌfirst ˈlight [uncountable] (written or literary) dawn 黎明；拂晓；破晓◆At first light the soldiers were on the move again.天一亮士兵又开始行军了。◆We sailed at the first light of dawn.我们黎明时起航。■ daybreak ˈdeɪbreɪk [uncountable] (written or literary) dawn 黎明；拂晓；破晓◆He was woken shortly before daybreak.他在快到黎明时给弄醒了。 OPP nightfall ⇨ night 2 NOTE 辨析 Dawn, sunrise, first light or daybreak? Dawn emphasizes the time of day when the sun comes up; sunrise emphasizes what you see in the sky at this time. First light and daybreak are less common and are used mostly in written or descriptive language. * dawn强调日出的时分；sunrise强调日出时天空中的景象；first light和daybreak不如前两词常用，主要用于书面语或描写性语言。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4374 COCA: 4004

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