dawn

英[dɔ:n]美[dɔn]

n.
1.[C,U] 黎明，拂晓
2.开端；曙光，端倪(+of)
v. [I]
1.破晓，（天）刚亮
2.（时代，局面等）开始出现，渐露端倪
3.开始（为人所）明白；顿悟(+on/upon)

同：	[n.] cockcrow, dawning, daybreak, morning [v.] come home, fall into place, get across, get through
反：	[n.] sundown, sunset

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。

When Zhuge's fleet got close to the Cao camp before dawn, Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to shout and beat drums to fake an attack.
五更时分，船只接近曹营。诸葛亮让军士们在船上擂鼓呐喊，装作周瑜来偷袭。收藏
On the eighty-fifth day Santiago rowed out of the harbor in the cool dark before dawn. After leaving the smell of land behind him, he set his lines.
在第八十五天，桑提亚哥在寒冷的黎明前的黑暗中，把小船划出了港口。在把陆地的气息抛在身后之后，他放下了钓丝。收藏
Every morning, in the first glimmer of dawn, some older people are seen practicing Taijiquan in Zhongshan Park.
每天早晨，曙光初照，中山公园便有些上了年纪的人在那里打太极拳。收藏
The artillery opened up at dawn.
炮兵于拂晓时开口收藏
The sky was suffused with the pale light of dawn.
天空泛着黎明的曙光。收藏

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the first light of day
- we got up before dawn
- they talked until morning
[同] cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, aurora, break of day, break of the day, morning, sunrise, sunup
[反] sundown, sunset
the earliest period
- the dawn of civilization
- the morning of the world
[同] dawn, morning

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
- It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
- she was penetrated with sorrow
[同] come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in, click
appear or develop
- The age of computers had dawned

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