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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(shí)分南希醒了。
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N-SING
開(kāi)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(gè)能夠回想起動(dòng)力飛行初始階段的人那時(shí)腦子里想了些什么，我們只能夠猜測(cè)而已。
...the dawn of the radio age.
無(wú)線電時(shí)代的開(kāi)端
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VERB
初現(xiàn);出現(xiàn);開(kāi)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(shí)代——高速鐵路時(shí)代，在整個(gè)歐洲已經(jīng)開(kāi)始出現(xiàn)。
A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team...
對(duì)于那名教練和他的年輕球隊(duì)來(lái)說(shuō)，一個(gè)嶄新的時(shí)代似乎即將到來(lái)。
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VERB
(一天）到來(lái)，開(kāi)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(dāng)那個(gè)不同尋常的日子到來(lái)時(shí)，大家首先關(guān)注的是天氣。
The next day dawned sombre and gloomy.
第二天拂曉時(shí)，天色陰沉昏暗。