daybreakn.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪbreɪk/, U.S.

/ˈdeɪˌbreɪk/

Forms: see day n. and break n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., break n.¹

Etymology: < day n. + break n.¹ Compare break of day at break n.¹ 2. Compare earlier day-row n. and day-spring n.

1. The time in the morning when daylight first appears; dawn. Also figurative.

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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [noun]

aristc825

dawingc900

dayeOE

day-rimOE

day-redOE

mornOE

lightOE

lightingOE

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grekinga1300

uprista1300

dayninga1325

uprisingc1330

sun arisingc1350

springc1380

springingc1380

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morrowingc1384

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daylighta1425

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breaking of the day1523

daybreak1530

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peep of dawn1751

strike of day1790

skreigh1802

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day-daw1823

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piccaninny sun1846

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sun-spring1900

piccaninny dawn1936

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 804/1 At daye breake, au jour creuer.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 43 Geue him Rebarbara made to pouder, temper it with a fresh Peasebroth, and let him drinke it agaynst the daye breake [Ger. gegen tag].

1646 J. Vicars Burning-bush not Consumed 58 By day-break, upon Sunday, the horse and Foot commanded by Sir William Waller..were upon their March.

1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 81 It is ordinary to have Publick Lectures every Morning before day-break.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lix. 215 I write this after all are gone to bed; and the fellow is to set out with it by day-break.

1778 J. Adams Diary 14 Feb. (1961) II. 271 At Daybreak orders were given for the Ship to unmoor.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 17 Between daybreak and sunrise.

1896 H. B. Swete Church Services 39 The night services consisted of Nocturns, Mattins and Lauds; at daybreak came the supplementary Mattins.

1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 360/1 The Goat's Beard opens its blossoms at daybreak and closes them before noon.

1963 M. L. King Strength to Love viii. 60 It was a joyous daybreak that had come to end the long night of their captivity.

2000 C. Achebe Home & Exile 99 His fine poem ‘Aubade’, which achieves an amazing, bare-bones depiction of London at the hour of daybreak.

†2. Nautical. to make daybreak: (of a ship) to mark daybreak formally, by the firing of a gun. Cf. make v.¹ 35f. Obsolete.

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1869 Times 20 May 9/3 When, however, the Agincourt, as the flagship of the fleet, ‘made daybreak’ by firing one of her guns, both wind and sea had gone down considerably.

1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 5 When the flag-ship ‘made day-break’ with one of her guns.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	daybreak
释义	daybreakn. Brit. /ˈdeɪbreɪk/, U.S. /ˈdeɪˌbreɪk/ Forms: see day n. and break n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., break n.¹ Etymology: < day n. + break n.¹ Compare break of day at break n.¹ 2. Compare earlier day-row n. and day-spring n. 1. The time in the morning when daylight first appears; dawn. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [noun] aristc825 dawingc900 dayeOE day-rimOE day-redOE mornOE lightOE lightingOE dawning1297 day-rowa1300 grekinga1300 uprista1300 dayninga1325 uprisingc1330 sun arisingc1350 springc1380 springingc1380 day-springa1382 morrowingc1384 dayingc1400 daylighta1425 upspring1471 aurora1483 sky1515 orienta1522 breaking of the day1523 daybreak1530 day-peep1530 morrow dayc1530 peep of the morning1530 prick of the day?1533 morning1535 day-breaking1565 creek1567 sunup1572 breach of the day1579 break of day or morn1584 peep of day1587 uprise1594 dawna1616 day-dawn1616 peep of dawn1751 strike of day1790 skreigh1802 sunbreak1822 day-daw1823 screech1829 dayclean1835 sun dawn1835 first light1838 morning-red1843 piccaninny sun1846 piccaninny daylightc1860 gloaming1873 glooming1877 sparrow-fart1886 crack1887 sun-spring1900 piccaninny dawn1936 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 804/1 At daye breake, au jour creuer. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 43 Geue him Rebarbara made to pouder, temper it with a fresh Peasebroth, and let him drinke it agaynst the daye breake [Ger. gegen tag]. 1646 J. Vicars Burning-bush not Consumed 58 By day-break, upon Sunday, the horse and Foot commanded by Sir William Waller..were upon their March. 1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 81 It is ordinary to have Publick Lectures every Morning before day-break. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lix. 215 I write this after all are gone to bed; and the fellow is to set out with it by day-break. 1778 J. Adams Diary 14 Feb. (1961) II. 271 At Daybreak orders were given for the Ship to unmoor. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 17 Between daybreak and sunrise. 1896 H. B. Swete Church Services 39 The night services consisted of Nocturns, Mattins and Lauds; at daybreak came the supplementary Mattins. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 360/1 The Goat's Beard opens its blossoms at daybreak and closes them before noon. 1963 M. L. King Strength to Love viii. 60 It was a joyous daybreak that had come to end the long night of their captivity. 2000 C. Achebe Home & Exile 99 His fine poem ‘Aubade’, which achieves an amazing, bare-bones depiction of London at the hour of daybreak. †2. Nautical. to make daybreak: (of a ship) to mark daybreak formally, by the firing of a gun. Cf. make v.¹ 35f. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1869 Times 20 May 9/3 When, however, the Agincourt, as the flagship of the fleet, ‘made daybreak’ by firing one of her guns, both wind and sea had gone down considerably. 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 5 When the flag-ship ‘made day-break’ with one of her guns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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