1 [U] [C] the early morning, when light first appears in the sky 破晓;黎明:
before/at dawn黎明之前;黎明之时:Dawn was breaking (= it was starting to get light) as I set off to work.我出发上班的时候,天刚开始亮。
2 [sing] the beginning 开始;发端;开端:
the dawn of civilization文明的起始
the crack of dawn→CRACK²
dawn²
/dɔ:n ||; dɔn/verb[I]
1 (formal 正式) to begin to grow light, after the night 破晓;(天)初亮:
The day dawned bright and cold.天初亮时,晴朗而寒冷。 (figurative 比喻)A new era of peace is dawning.一个和平的新纪元正初露曙光。
2dawn (on sb) to become clear (to sb) 变得明白;领悟:
Suddenly it dawned on her. ‘Of course!’ she said. ‘You're Mike's brother!’她忽然明白过来。“当然啦!”她说,“你是迈克的弟弟!”
dawn1/dɔn; dɔːn/n [U] 1 the time of day when light first appears 黎明﹐拂晓: at dawn We were up at dawn. 我们天一亮就起床了。As dawn broke (=it started to get light) the rain stopped. 破晓时分雨停了。2 the dawn of civilization/time etc the time when something began or first appeared 文明/时间等的开端
dawn2v [I] if day or morning dawns, it begins 天亮﹐破晓: The morning dawned fresh and clear. 清晨空气清新﹐晴空万里。dawn on sbphr v if a fact dawns on you, you realize it for the first time 使开始明白,使开始领悟: It dawned on me that Jo had been right all along. 我开始明白乔一直都是对的。