Dawn

n.

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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. 
  • 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. 
  • 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。

  • ...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. 
  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

dawning
  • ...the dawning of the space age...

    太空时代的开始

  • Tettlinger uncovered his eyes in the first dawning of hope.

    泰特林格一看到希望就不再捂着眼睛了。

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. 
  • 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。

  • 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
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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"
1. At dawn they started off to work in the fields.
天一亮他们就下地干活去了。

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2. 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。

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3. At dawn, the breach was closed at last.
黎明的时候,破洞终于合拢了。

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4. Dawn began to break.
东方欲晓。

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5. Dawn is beginning to show in the east.
东方露出了曙光。

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6. Dawn is the herald of day.
曙光是白昼的先驱。

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7. Day will soon dawn.
天很快就亮了。

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8. Did you hear the cock crow at dawn?
黎明时你听到鸡叫了吗?

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9. He ordered the army to invade at dawn.
他命令军队在拂晓入侵。

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10. In the east we could see the first faint glimmer of dawn.
我们可以看到东方的第一缕曙光。

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11. Let's start out before dawn.
让我们在天亮前起身。

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12. Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cock crow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures.
金鸡初啼,黎明鸟语,那闪烁着朝晖的树木和草原的景色,这一切他认为无可比拟。

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13. Our brigade will be committed at dawn.
我们旅黎明就要投入战斗。

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14. Rise at dawn and sweep the courtyard.
黎明即起,洒扫庭除。

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15. She won't relish having to get up before dawn to catch that train.
她不喜欢黎明前起床赶那班火车。

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16. The cock is the harbinger of dawn.
雄鸡报晓。

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17. The crow of the cock is a harbinger of dawn.
鸡啼报晓。

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18. The demonstration lasted from dawn till dusk.
示威游行由黎明一直持续到天黑。

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19. The division commander ordered that we start the attack before dawn.
师长令我们在拂晓前发起攻击。

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20. The enemy assaulted us at dawn.
敌人在黎明时向我进攻。

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