| 单词 | dawn |
| 例句 | dawn noun 1.•we got up at dawn:daybreak, sunrise, first light, daylight | first thing in the morning, sun-up. ANT dusk. 2.•the dawn of civilization:beginning, start, birth, inception, origination, genesis, emergence, advent, appearance, arrival, dawning, rise, origin, onset | unfolding, development, infancy | informal kickoff. ANT end.▶verb 1.•Thursday dawned crisp and sunny:begin, break, arrive, emerge. ANT end. 2.•a bright new future has dawned:begin, start, commence, be born, appear, arrive, emerge | arise, rise, break, unfold, develop. ANT end. 3.•the reality dawned on him:occur to, come to, strike, hit, enter someone's mind, register with, enter someone's consciousness, cross someone's mind, suggest itself.WORD NOTE dawn Unless you're Homer, never say •rosy-fingered Dawn. English is replete with classical tags and hackneyed phrases such as this one, but their use in writing tends to plunge any sentence into bathos. •Rosy-toed Dawn might work, if you're describing a woman of this name with a dubious penchant for pink nail polish. But, in general, be wary of •the wine-dark sea or •the melancholy Dane or •the Bard of Avon or any other phrase that comes too readily to mind. Or •trippingly to the tongue, as I originally typed, and then deleted. First thoughts are all too often second-rate clichés. — MDConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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