dawn² v [I] 1 if a day or morning dawns, it begins 露曙光，天亮，破晓: The morning dawned fresh and clear. 晨光初现，万物清新。 2 it/the truth dawns on sb used to say that someone realises something 恍然大悟，忽然明白: It suddenly dawned on me that we might be looking in the wrong place. 我突然明白过来，也许是我们找错了地方。