dawn

名词 n. 动词 v.
/dɔːn/    /dɔn/|/doːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise. uncountable
  2. The rising of the sun. countable
    — Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.
  3. The time when the sun rises. uncountable
    — She rose before dawn to meet the train.
  4. The earliest phase of something. uncountable
    — The dawn of civilization didn't imply twilight of barbarity.
动词 v.
  1. To begin to brighten with daylight. intransitive
    — A new day dawns.
  2. To start to appear or become obvious. figuratively,intransitive
    — I don’t want to be there when the truth dawns on him.
  3. To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. figuratively,intransitive
    — when life awakes, and dawns at every line

词形变化

dawns present,singular,third-person dawning participle,present dawned participle,past dawned past dawns plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.
词源 2
From Middle English dawnen, either a back-formation from dawnynge or a modification of dawen (“to dawn”) after it. The noun is from the verb.
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