dawn 作名词时,意为“黎明;拂晓;破晓”,例如:
In the summer, when we returned to Canada, we revisited this lake at dawn.
夏天我们回到加拿大后,在黎明时分重游了这个湖泊。
Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.
破晓之际,海面平静了下来,但是寒冷依旧。
还可以用两个习语 first light 和 crack of dawn 来表达黎明,其中 first light 寓意:
1、the time when the light begins to appear in the morning
早晨光线开始出现的时间
2、daybreak 黎明时分
3、cock-crow 鸡鸣
4、break of the day 黎明,破晓
5、daylight 日光
6、sunrise or sunup 日出
例如:
1、The search for the missing children will continue at first light.
搜寻失踪儿童的工作将在天亮时继续进行。
解析:现在分词 missing 作定语,表示名词 children 的状态,相当于 the children who is missing.
2、We have to leave at first light if we want to arrive at the other side of the mountain by midday.
如果我们想在中午前到达山的另一边,我们就得在天亮时离开。
解析:在接时间时,by 用来指示特定的时间,而 through 用来描述整个时间段中的时间。
3、At first light, the elephants went in search of a watering hole.
天一亮,大象们就去寻找一个水坑。
解析:动名词 watering 作定语,表示名词 hole 的用途,相当于 a hole for watering.
4、First light of morning is the beginning of my blessing in a day.
清晨初现的第一道曙光,是我一天祝福的开始。
5、Three hours before first light Fuentes gave orders for the evacuation of the camp.
黎明前3个小时富恩特斯下达了撤离营地的命令。
6、We headed for the destination at first light next morning.
第二天清晨我们迎着黎明的第一缕阳光朝目的地而去。
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