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N-VAR
黎明;拂曉
Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
例句
Nancy woke at dawn.
拂曉時分南希醒了。
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N-SING
開端;起始階段
The dawn of a period of time or a situation is the beginning of it.
例句
We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight.
一個能夠回想起動力飛行初始階段的人那時腦子里想了些什么，我們只能夠猜測而已。
...the dawn of the radio age.
無線電時代的開端
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VERB
初現;出現;開始形成
If something is dawning, it is beginning to develop or come into existence.
例句
Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned...
新的鐵路時代——高速鐵路時代，在整個歐洲已經開始出現。
A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team...
對于那名教練和他的年輕球隊來說，一個嶄新的時代似乎即將到來。
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VERB
(一天）到來，開始
When you say that a particular day dawned, you mean it arrived or began, usually when it became light.
例句
When the great day dawned, the first concern was the weather...
當那個不同尋常的日子到來時，大家首先關注的是天氣。
The next day dawned sombre and gloomy.
第二天拂曉時，天色陰沉昏暗。