plural dawns
plural dawns
Learner's definition of DAWN
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: the time of day when sunlight first begins to appear黎明;拂晓;破晓 [noncount]
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We arrived at/before/after dawn. [=sunrise, daybreak]我们黎明时分/前/后到达。
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We danced till dawn.我们一直跳舞到天亮。
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the dawn's clear light破晓的亮光
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as dawn breaks over the city城市上空天刚破晓之时
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He woke up at the crack of dawn. [=very early in the morning]他破晓时分就醒了。
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She drove from dawn to/until dusk. [=from early morning until early evening]她从黎明开始开车,一直开到黄昏。
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— compare dusk 2
[count] : the beginning of something开始;开端—
usually singular通常用单数—
usually + of -
People have fought with each other since the dawn of history/time/civilization.人类早在历史/时代/文明之始,就已开始了彼此争斗。
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the dawn of a new era/age新纪元/时代的开始
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at the dawn of the 21st century在21世纪伊始
2 dawn /ˈdɑːn/ verb
dawns; dawned; dawning
dawns; dawned; dawning
Learner's definition of DAWN
[no object]
1
: to begin to become light as the sun rises破晓;(天)刚亮 3
: to begin to be understood开始被理解 — see also light dawns at 1light
dawn on
[phrasal verb] dawn on (someone)
: to begin to be understood or realized by (someone) for the first time(某人)开始明白,逐渐领悟 -
The solution finally dawned on him. [=he finally saw the solution]他最终想出了解决办法。
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It suddenly dawned on me that I hadn't eaten all day.我突然意识到自己已经一整天没吃东西了。
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It began to dawn on her that she was lost.她开始意识到自己迷路了。
— dawning
noun [noncount]