false dawn

短语

假曙光

词形变化

false dawns 复数 false dawns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.

  2. 2.

    Something engendering premature hope; a promising sign which in fact leads to nothing.

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词源

From false + dawn, calque of Arabic صُبْح كَاذِب (ṣubḥ kāḏib).

来源：wiktionary