cockcrow

noun

1. 黎明；拂晓
   the time of the day when it is becoming light

1. I was woken up by that humorous cockcrow.
   烦死了，我可被那滑稽的鸡叫声吵醒了。
2. Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cockcrow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures.
   他坚持认为，凌晨雄鸡第一声啼叫，黎明时分小鸟吱喳欢叫，冉冉升起的朝阳染红树木、牧场，此番美景无与伦比。
3. The farmer gets up as soon as he hear the first cockcrow.
   一听到第一声公鸡的啼叫这位农民就起床了。
4. The mother is in the habit of wake her children up at cockcrow.
   这位母亲习惯黎明时叫醒她的孩子。

noun

1. the first light of day
   1. we got up before dawn
   2. they talked until morning

   Synonym:    dawndawningmorningaurorafirst lightdaybreakbreak of daybreak of the daydayspringsunrisesunup