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 -- 拂晓，破晓，黎明

  • We woke at dawn. 天一亮我们就醒了。

  • We left as dawn was breaking (= starting). 我们离开时天将破晓。

  • We left at the break of dawn. 我们离开时天将破晓。

  • The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the dawn of a new era in European history. 柏林墙的倒塌标志着欧洲历史上一个新纪元的开始。

  • We worked from dawn to dusk, seven days a week. 我们从早到晚地工作，一周7天都是如此。

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

  • He left the house just as the day was dawning. 天将破晓时他离开了那座房子。

  • In the late 1970s, the personal computer era was dawning. 个人电脑时代开始于20世纪70年代晚期。

• 2 to become known or obvious -- 见分晓，水落石出；变得明朗

  • Gradually the truth about him dawned. 他的真实面目渐渐暴露了出来。

  • [ + that ] It eventually dawned that he wouldn't be coming back. 最终证明他不会回来了。