dawn

英 [dɔːn] 美 [dɔːn]

• n. 黎明；曙光；开端；破晓
• vi. 开始出现；破晓；逐渐明白

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]黎明; 拂晓

   the time of day when light first appears; the first appearance of light in the sky before the sun rises

2. [S]开端; 萌芽

   the beginning or first appearance of new period, idea, feeling, etc.

v. (动词)

1. vi. & link v. 破晓; (天)初亮

   begin to grow light

2. vi. 开始现出

   begin to appear

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 黎明，曙光，佛晓，天亮，东方发白
2. 开端，发端，端绪，端倪
3. 萌芽
4. 醒悟
5. 晨曦，朝霞
6. 开端，开始
7. 道恩（音译名）

v. 动词

1. 开始出现；渐露端倪
2. 顿悟，渐渐明白，渐悟，开始（为人所）明白
3. 破晓，东方发白， 露曙光，（天）刚亮
4. 亮，渐亮
5. 出现，浮现，初现
6. 萌芽躁动
7. 开始（为人所）明白，变得明朗，开始清楚
8. 使开始明白，使渐渐领悟，使开始理解

英英释义

Noun:

1. the first light of day;

   "we got up before dawn"
   "they talked until morning"
   

2. the earliest period;

   "the dawn of civilization"
   "the morning of the world"
   

3. an opening time period;

   "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
   

Verb:

1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

   "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"
   "she was penetrated with sorrow"
   

2. appear or develop;

   "The age of computers had dawned"
   

3. become light;

   "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. We set sail at dawn and headed for New York.
   我们在黎明起程，直驶纽约。
2. Diana aroused them just before dawn.
   戴安娜在黎明前唤醒了他们。
3. I can see the dawn of the better day for humanity.
   我已经看到了人类美好日子的曙光。
4. The sky was pink with the first glimmer of the dawn.
   天空因第一丝曙光而呈淡红色。
5. We're at the end of the historical epoch, and at the dawn of another.
   我们正处在一个历史时代的末期, 另一个历史时代的开端。
6. We look forward to the dawn of better days.
   我们期待较好的日子的来临。
7. The marchers jumped off at the crack of dawn.
   行军队伍在破晓时出发了。
8. Dawn was breaking when we came back to the camp.
   当我们返回营地时，天刚破晓。
9. Break of dawn, there's no sun up in the sky.
   破晓时分,天空还没有太阳。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. A new era is dawning.
   一个新的时代开始出现了。
2. It began to dawn after the long night.
   漫漫长夜之后天开始亮起来。
3. The truth began to dawn upon him.
   他开始明白那道理。
4. It didn't dawn on me that I was getting the bum's rush.
   我不明白，我竟要被赶走。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The dawns here in the mountains are very beautiful.
   这里山区的黎明是很美的。
2. Did you hear the cock crow at dawn?
   黎明时你听到鸡叫了吗?
3. At dawn we broke through the barbed wire entanglements under the city wall.
   拂晓我们突破了城墙的铁丝网。
4. They got across the bridge before dawn.
   他们于破晓前过了那座桥。
5. They work from dawn till dark.
   他们从天亮一直工作到天黑。
6. The war was ended and we looked forward to the dawn of much happier days.
   大战结束了,我们盼望着更加美好日子的来临。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Day dawns in the east.
   东方破晓。
2. The morning dawned brightly.
   拂晓天气晴朗。
3. The day was just dawning.
   天刚亮。
4. Day will soon dawn.
   天很快就亮了。
5. The day was dawning when we set out.
   我们出发时天刚破晓。
6. They were waiting for the day to dawn.
   他们等待天明。
7. The space age dawned in the twentieth century.
   太空时代开始于二十世纪。
8. A new age dawned with the invention of the radio.
   随着无线电的发明,一个新时代开始了。

用作系动词

S+～+ n.

1. Last Sunday dawned a perfect day.
   上星期日,一早就是个好天气。

S+～+ adj.

1. The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm at night.
   夜里暴风雨过后迎来空气清新的拂晓。
2. After the storm at night, the morning dawned clear and fine over the bay.
   经过一夜的暴风雨之后,海湾的早晨分外晴朗。
3. The next day dawned bright and sunny.
   第二天一大早阳光灿烂。

经典引文

• From the dawn of manhood to its decline.

  出自： S. Johnson

• You could see the first dawn of an idea stealing slowly over his countenance.

  出自： C. Lamb

• I saw him more clearly as the day dawned.

  出自： J. Barth

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

dawn on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

逐渐(被人)知晓,明白 become gradually known by (sb)
dawn on〔upon〕 sth
A grey day dawned upon the sleeping city.

一个灰蒙蒙的白昼降临于这座沉睡的城市。
The ocean dawned on our view.

海洋呈现在我们眼前。
A smile dawned on his face.

他脸上露出了笑容。
A new era is dawning upon the world.

世界正进入一个新时代。 dawn on〔upon〕 sb/sth
The fact has just dawned on me.

我现在才明白这件事。
The truth may one day dawn upon you.

你总有一天会明白真相。
At last it dawned on us.

我们终于明白了。
The answer dawned on me when I wasn't thinking about the work.

在我没考虑答案的时候,答案不知不觉地出来了。 It ～ed on sb that/wh-clasue
It suddenly dawned on me that I'd caught the wrong train.

我突然意识到我乘错了火车。
It dawned on me that the following day would be her birthday.

我突然想起第二天是她的生日。
It dawned on me that I was lost.

我渐渐明白,我迷路了。
It has slowly dawned upon us that he will not help.

我们慢慢地明白过来他将不会来帮忙。
It dawned on me where I had seen him before.

我渐渐想起以前是在哪里见到过他。
It suddenly dawned upon me why he was so anxious to know when the accident took place.

我突然意识到他为什么急于知道事故是何时发生的。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• mark the dawn 标志着开始
• see the dawn 看到曙光
• wait for the dawn 等待着开始
• wake with dawn 黎明即醒

形容词+～

• cold dawn 寒冷的拂晓
• golden dawn 金色的曙光

介词+～

• at dawn 拂晓时
• before dawn 黎明前
• from dawn till dark 从早到晚

～+介词

• dawn of this century 本世纪之初

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• dawn abruptly 突然明白
• dawn calmly 悄然天亮
• dawn clearly 清楚地了解
• dawn finally 终于开始现出
• dawn gradually 渐渐地了解
• dawn slowly 慢慢地清楚

～+介词

• dawn on 明白
• dawn on one's mind 了解
• dawn on one's view 出现在某人面前
• dawn upon the world 世界开始进入

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. dawn的意思是“黎明; 拂晓; 天刚亮”,既可作可数名词又可作不可数名词,前面通常用介词at或before。
2. dawn引申可表示“开端; 萌芽”,总是用单数形式,常与定冠词the连用。

v. (动词)

1. dawn用作不及物动词,多与介词on／upon连用,基本意思是“天破晓,黎明”,引申可表示人“(在头脑中)开始出现,开始觉醒,明白过来,明确起来,清楚起来; 出现,呈现”等。
2. dawn偶尔也可用作系动词,接形容词或名词作表语,表示“发亮; 破晓”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

dawn, twilight

• 这两个词都有“曙光”的意思。其区别在于:
• 1.dawn指太阳刚要或刚刚升起的“黎明,拂晓”时分; twilight指日出前的曙光。例如:
• They stepped out into the twilight.他们走进曙光中。
• 2.twilight还可指“暮光”“黄昏”,而dawn不可。
• 3.用于比喻, dawn可指某个时期的“开端; 开始”; twilight则指“恐慌时代”“没落时代”。

v. (动词)

dawn, break

• 这两个词都可作“破晓”解。其区别在于:break的主语只能用day; 而dawn的主语用day和morning都可以。例如:
• The day breaks at five.
• The morning〔day〕 dawns at five.
• 五点钟天就亮了。

twilight，dawn，dusk

• 这些名词含有“黎明，黄昏”之意。
• twilight指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常侧重于前者。
• dawn指天刚亮时的黎明，可作引申用。
• dusk指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 黎明时分,客人们离去。

   误 At the dawn the guests departed.

   正 At dawn the guests departed.

2. 一大早,他们便起床出发了。

   误 At early dawn, they got up and set off.

   正 At the early dawn, they got up and set off.

   析 at dawn〔before dawn, from dawn〕 till dark等短语中不可加the,但在at the early dawn, with the dawn等短语中一定要加the。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的dauen；最初源自古英语的dagung，意为破晓。

近反义词

【近义词】

• break of day
• daybreak
• first light
• sunrise
• beginning
• birth
• origin
• start

【反义词】

• dusk
• nightfall
• sunset
• conclusion
• end
• finish