| 单词 | daybreak |
| 释义 | daybreak (once / 815 pages) n Daybreak is the moment in the morning when the sun begins to rise. If you want to see the sunrise over the ocean, you have to wake up well before daybreak. Daybreak can also be called "sunrise," "dawn," or "the break of day." It's the very first glimpse of sunlight you see in the morning, which happens very early in the summertime and later in winter. Bus drivers, morning radio hosts, and bakers often have to rise before daybreak in order to get to work on time. The break part of the word comes from the Old English root brecan, which means "shatter," but also "burst forth." WORD FAMILYdaybreak: daybreaks USAGE EXAMPLESThe ground search resumed at daybreak Friday morning, the department said. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) The holiday fell during harvest season, so Mass began early, allowing them to tend their crops at daybreak. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) Daybreak revealed mangled sheets of metal, insulation and a ladder hanging in trees. Time(Nov 30, 2016) n the first light of day Syn|Ant|Hyper aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup sundown, sunset the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon hour, time of day clock time |
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