| 单词 | peep of dawn |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeep of dawn a. The first appearance of daylight or of the sun; esp. in peep of dawn, peep of the morning. Also (occasionally): a tiny speck of light.Cf. also peep of day n.Recorded earliest in day-peep n. 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 the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light sprankle1398 sparkle1490 spunkc1540 sparka1542 scintil1599 glitter1602 star1609 stricture1628 spinther1641 scintillation1646 fanglea1657 scintilla1661 sparkleta1687 twinkle1689 spangle1821 spink1829 crown jewel1851 twink1870 peep1882 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 804/1 At daye pype, a la pipe du jour. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xiii. 743 He came by the peepe of the morning to the toppe of the mounteine. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale viii. 101 From morninges peepe till high midd noone. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xxv. 10 Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. 1790 W. Sotheby Poems i. 12 At the peep of dawn The traveller bounds with active spirits light. 1827 W. Taylor Poems 95 The lav'rock by the morning peep May wake his brithers frae their sleep. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 106 There was no light..but a little peep from a lamp. 1950 Times 25 May 6/5 Almost at peep of dawn R. D. Chapman..had murdered Whitelaw with a score of three under 4s. 1996 Canad. Jewish News (Nexis) 19 Dec. 11 I used to see from the roof of my house every day at the peep of dawn, the Brook Arnon in which I used to bathe. < as lemmas |
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