dawn是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky -- 拂曉，破曉，黎明

  • We woke at dawn. 天一亮我們就醒了。

  • We left as dawn was breaking (= starting). 我們離開時天將破曉。

  • We left at the break of dawn. 我們離開時天將破曉。

  • The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the dawn of a new era in European history. 柏林牆的倒塌標誌著歐洲歷史上一個新紀元的開始。

  • We worked from dawn to dusk, seven days a week. 我們從早到晚地工作，一週七天都是如此。

• 1 If a day or period of time dawns, it begins. -- 破曉；開始

  • He left the house just as the day was dawning. 天將破曉時他離開了那座房子。

  • In the late 1970s, the personal computer era was dawning. 個人電腦時代開始於20世紀70年代晚期。

• 2 to become known or obvious -- 見分曉，水落石出；變得明朗

  • Gradually the truth about him dawned. 他的真實面目漸漸暴露了出來。

  • [ + that ] It eventually dawned that he wouldn't be coming back. 最終證明他不會回來了。