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dawn noun dawn ♦︎ sunrise ♦︎ first thing ♦︎ first light ♦︎ daybreakThese are all words for the time of day when light first appears. 这些词均表示黎明、拂晓时分。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆at / before / since / by / until / till dawn / sunrise / first light / daybreak■ dawn [uncountable, countable] the time of day when light first appears 黎明；拂晓；破晓◆They start work at dawn.天一亮他们就开始干活了。◆It's almost dawn.天快亮了。◆We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke (= as the first light could be seen).破晓时分我们抵达了悉尼。◆She's always up at the crack of dawn (= when dawn begins).她总是黎明即起。◆She awoke to another glorious dawn.她醒来时又是一个美好的黎明。OPP dusk ⇨ night 2 ▸ dawn verb [intransitive] ◆ (written) The following morning dawned bright and warm.第二天清晨，阳光和煦。■ sunrise / /ˈsʌnraɪz/ / [uncountable, countable, usually singular] dawn; the colours in the part of the sky where the sun first appears in the morning 日出；朝霞◆We left before sunrise.我们日出前就离开了。◆It was an exceptionally beautiful sunrise.那是一片特别美丽的朝霞。OPP sunset ⇨ night 2 ■ ˌfirst ˈthing adverb the first moment of the day; before anything else that you do that day 清晨；一大早◆He's always grumpy first thing in the morning.一早起来他总是脾气暴躁。◆I'll call him first thing tomorrow.明天一早我就给他打电话。 OPP last thing ⓘ Last thing means 'late in the evening, after everything else that you do that day'. * last thing表示晚上就寝前做最后一件事的时候◆I took the dog for a walk last thing before going to bed.晚上就寝前我去遛狗了。 ■ ˌfirst ˈlight [uncountable] (written or literary) dawn 黎明；拂晓；破晓◆At first light the soldiers were on the move again.天一亮士兵又开始行军了。◆We sailed at the first light of dawn.我们黎明时起航。■ daybreak / /ˈdeɪbreɪk/ / [uncountable] (written or literary) dawn 黎明；拂晓；破晓◆He was woken shortly before daybreak.他在快到黎明时给弄醒了。 OPP nightfall ⇨ night 2 NOTE 辨析 Dawn, sunrise, first light or daybreak? Dawn emphasizes the time of day when the sun comes up; sunrise emphasizes what you see in the sky at this time. First light and daybreak are less common and are used mostly in written or descriptive language. * dawn强调日出的时分；sunrise强调日出时天空中的景象；first light和daybreak不如前两词常用，主要用于书面语或描写性语言。 |