- [uncountable, countable]
the time of day when light first appears 黎明；拂晓；破晓 - at dawn
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). 黎明时分我们到达了悉尼。 I woke up just before dawn. 我正好在拂晓前醒来。 summer’s early dawns 夏日早到的黎明 He works from dawn till dusk (= from morning till night). 他从早到晚地工作。 The plane took off, leaving London behind in a blue-grey dawn. 飞机起飞了，在蓝灰色的黎明中离开了伦敦。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timec1Dawn was breaking over the valley. 黎明降临山谷。 She awoke to another glorious dawn. 她醒来时又是一个美好的黎明。 He always got up to greet the dawn. 他总是在拂晓时分起床，迎接黎明的到来。 It's almost dawn. 天快亮了。 Be prepared for cold nights and foggy dawns in the mountains next week. 为下周山里寒冷的夜晚和雾蒙蒙的黎明做好准备。 Ammunition was seized during a dawn raid on the house. 在凌晨时份对住户的突击搜查行动中缴获了一批弹药。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grey/gray
- early
- greet
- see
- watch
- …
- break
- come
- come up
- …
- light
- sky
- chorus
- …
- at dawn
- before dawn
- by dawn
- …
- (at) the crack of dawn
- from dawn to dusk
- at dawn
- [singular] dawn (of something)
the beginning or first signs of something 开端；曙光；萌芽 the dawn of civilization/time/history 文明／时代／历史的开端 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。 the dawn of a golden age in European art 欧洲艺术黄金时代的开端
Extra ExamplesWe are seeing the dawn of a new era. 我们看到了新时代的曙光。 This sudden success may prove to be a false dawn. 这次的突然成功可能只是一线虚幻的曙光。 This appointment marked the dawn of a productive era in her scientific career. 这一任命标志着她进入了科研生涯的高产阶段。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- false
- new
- mark
- signal
- see
- …
- dawn of
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a verb): back-formation from Middle English dawning alteration of earlier dawing, from Old English dagian ‘to dawn’, of Germanic origin.
Idioms
at the crack of dawn
- (informal)
very early in the morning 黎明；破晓；清晨 I have to get up at the crack of dawn. 我必须天一亮就起床。
break of day/dawn
- (literary)
the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light 破晓；黎明