n.

1. 黎明，拂曉[C][U]
   We must get up at dawn.

   我們必須天一亮就起來。

2. 開端；曙光，端倪[the S][（+of）]

vi.

1. 破曉，（天）剛亮
   The day was dawning.

   天漸漸亮了。

2. （時代，局面等）開始出現，漸露端倪
3. 開始（為人所）明白；頓悟[（+on/upon）]
   The truth at last dawned upon her.

   她終於明白了事情的真相。

n.

1. the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.
2. the beginning of something:
   the dawn of civilization.

v.

1. (of a day) begin.
   ▸come into existence.
2. (often dawn on) become evident or understood.