柯林斯詞典dawn /d??n/ (dawning,dawned,dawns) 1. N-VAR Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises. 黎明 Nancy woke at dawn. 天剛亮南希就醒了。2. N-SING Thedawnof a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it. 開耑[文學性] ...the dawn of the radio age. …無線通訊時代的開耑。3. V-I If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence. 開始[書麪] A new century was dawning. 一個新的世紀開始了。4. dawningN-SING 開耑 ...the dawning of the space age. …太空時代的開始。 返回 dawn劍橋詞典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 dawn of sth C1 literary the start of a period of time or the beginning of something new …的開始；…的曙光 The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the dawn of a new era in European history . 柏林牆的倒塌標志著歐洲歷史上一個新紀元的開始。 ?from dawn to dusk from early morning until night 從早到晚 We worked from dawn to dusk , seven days a week . 我們從早到晚地工作，一周7天都是如此。 例句 She slept fitfully throughout the night and arose before dawn.Three prisoners were involved in a dawn jailbreak today.They mounted a surprise attack at dawn.She's always up before dawn.They partied till dawn. 返回 dawn