朝朝暮暮:dusk与dawn

范林宁课程 2024-03-22 08:42:55

引言:

学了这么多年英语,有时竟分不清 "黎明” 与 “黄昏”,看来越拥有的越忽略吧~~

dawn /dɔːn/

noun

1

[U, C] 黎明;拂晓;破晓

They start work at dawn .

天一亮他们就开始干活了。

We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke (= as the first light could be seen) .

黎明时分我们到达悉尼。

summer's early dawns

夏日早到的黎明

He works from dawn till dusk (= from morning till night) .

他从早到晚地工作。

2

[sing.] ~ (of sth)

开端;曙光;萌芽

the dawn of civilization/time/history

文明 / 时代 / 历史的开端

verb

[V]

1

(of a day or a period of time 一天或一个时期) 开始

A new technological age had dawned.

新技术时代已经开始。

2

变得明朗;开始清楚

Slowly the awful truth dawned.

可怕的事实慢慢地清晰起来。

dusk /dʌsk/

noun

[U] 黄昏;傍晚

the time of day when the light has almost gone, but it is not yet dark

同义词: twilight

The street lights go on at dusk .

街灯在黄昏时分亮起来。

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