dawn

noun

1. 黎明；拂晓；破晓
   the time of day when light first appears
   1. They start work at dawn .
      天一亮他们就开始干活了。
   2. It's almost dawn.
      天快亮了。
   3. We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke (= as the first light could be seen) .
      黎明时分我们到达悉尼。
   4. I woke up just before dawn.
      我正好在拂晓前醒来。
   5. summer's early dawns
      夏日早到的黎明
   6. He works from dawn till dusk (= from morning till night) .
      他从早到晚地工作。
2. 开端；曙光；萌芽
   the beginning or first signs of sth
   1. the dawn of civilization/time/history
      文明 / 时代 / 历史的开端
   2. 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。

verb

1. 开始
   to begin
   1. The following morning dawned bright and warm.
      第二天一大早阳光和煦。
   2. A new technological age had dawned.
      新技术时代已经开始。
2. 变得明朗；开始清楚
   to become obvious or easy to understand
   1. Slowly the awful truth dawned.
      可怕的事实慢慢地清晰起来。

1. N-VAR 黎明;拂晓
   Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
   1. Nancy woke at dawn.
      拂晓时分南希醒了。
2. N-SING 开端;起始阶段
   The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it.
   1. We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight.
      一个能够回想起动力飞行初始阶段的人那时脑子里想了些什么，我们只能够猜测而已。
   2. ...the dawn of the radio age.
      无线电时代的开端
3. VERB 初现;出现;开始形成
   If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence.
   1. Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned...
      新的铁路时代——高速铁路时代，在整个欧洲已经开始出现。
   2. A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team...
      对于那名教练和他的年轻球队来说，一个崭新的时代似乎即将到来。
   3. Now there is a dawning realisation that drastic action is necessary.
      现在人们开始意识到必须采取断然的行动。
4. VERB (一天）到来，开始
   When you say that a particular day dawned, you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light.
   1. When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather...
      当那个不同寻常的日子到来时，大家首先关注的是天气。
   2. The next day dawned sombre and gloomy.
      第二天拂晓时，天色阴沉昏暗。
5. at the crack of dawn → see: crack

1. They continued the search as dawn broke.
   天放亮后他们继续搜寻。
2. Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.
   破晓之际，海面平静了下来，但是寒冷依旧。
3. I often start work at the crack of dawn when there is a big order to get out.
   有大笔订单要处理时，我经常会清晨便开始工作。
4. The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
   雄鸡报晓，鸟儿欢叫。
5. Nancy woke at dawn.
   拂晓时分南希醒了。
6. We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight.
   一个能够回想起动力飞行初始阶段的人那时脑子里想了些什么，我们只能够猜测而已。
7. Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned
   新的铁路时代——高速铁路时代，在整个欧洲已经开始出现。
8. A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team
   对于那名教练和他的年轻球队来说，一个崭新的时代似乎即将到来。
9. Now there is a dawning realisation that drastic action is necessary.
   现在人们开始意识到必须采取断然的行动。
10. When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather
    当那个不同寻常的日子到来时，大家首先关注的是天气。
11. The next day dawned sombre and gloomy.
    第二天拂晓时，天色阴沉昏暗。
12. Thousands of pounds worth of drugs were seized in dawn raids yesterday.
    警方在昨天的凌晨突袭中缴获了价值数千英镑的毒品。
13. Southern acquired 11.2 per cent of Sweb in a dawn raid on Monday.
    美国南方电力公司在星期一的开盘抢购中收购了英国西南电力公司11.2%的股份。
14. I hear Dawn's expecting again.
    我听说唐又怀孕了。
15. The business, founded by Dawn and Nigel, suffered financial setbacks.
    唐和奈杰尔创办的企业在资金上遇到了一些问题。
16. I aim to be off the lake before dawn, so let's get moving
    我计划黎明前从湖畔出发，大家马上行动起来吧。
17. I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall.
    我披星戴月地工作。
18. The revels often last until dawn.
    狂欢常常持续到黎明。
19. In the summer, when we returned to Canada, we revisited this lake at dawn.
    夏天我们回到加拿大后，在黎明时分重游了这个湖泊。
20. These days all sorts of people were up at the crack of dawn
    这些天所有人都一大早就起来。
21. At dawn they started off to work in the fields.
    天一亮他们就下地干活去了。
22. The division commander ordered that we start the attack before dawn.
    师长令我们在拂晓前发起攻击。
23. The gleam of dawn shimmered in the east.
    东方发亮了。
24. The enemy opened fire on our lines at early dawn.
    拂晓时敌人向我阵线开了火。
25. The glory of the dawn [ morning] is mirrored on [ in] the lake.
    朝霞映在湖面上。
26. The first signs of the dawn appear on the horizon.
    黎明的曙光出现在地平线上。
27. Dawn is breaking.
    东方欲晓。
28. Rise at dawn and sweep the courtyard.
    黎明即起，洒扫庭除。
29. Dawn is beginning to show in the east.
    东方露出了曙光。

dawn on sb

1. 使开始明白；使渐渐领悟；使开始理解
   if sth dawns on you , you begin to realize it for the first time
   1. They start work at dawn .
      天一亮他们就开始干活了。
   2. It's almost dawn.
      天快亮了。
   3. We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke (= as the first light could be seen) .
      黎明时分我们到达悉尼。
   4. I woke up just before dawn.
      我正好在拂晓前醒来。
   5. summer's early dawns
      夏日早到的黎明
   6. He works from dawn till dusk (= from morning till night) .
      他从早到晚地工作。

n.

break of day/dawn

• 破晓；黎明
  the moment in the early hours of the morning when it begins to get light

at the crack of dawn

• 黎明；破晓；清晨
  very early in the morning

noun

1. the earliest period
   1. the dawn of civilization
   2. the morning of the world

   Synonym:    morning

2. the first light of day
   1. we got up before dawn
   2. they talked until morning

   Synonym:    dawningmorningaurorafirst lightdaybreakbreak of daybreak of the daydayspringsunrisesunupcockcrow

3. an opening time period
   1. it was the dawn of the Roman Empire

verb

1. become light
   1. It started to dawn, and we had to get up

2. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
   1. It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
   2. she was penetrated with sorrow

   Synonym:    clickget throughcome homeget acrosssink inpenetratefall into place

3. appear or develop
   1. The age of computers had dawned