天明的英文：
dawn; daybreak
- The editor labored over the manuscript till early morning
编辑修改手稿至天明。 - The candle has a wick just as we have a heart, all night long it sheds tears for us before we part.
蜡烛有心还惜别，替人垂泪到天明。 - He lay down and prepared to catch a few hours' sleep, so that the morrow might find him equal to its exigencies
他安心躺下来，以便天明好有精神应付一切。
n. 黎明；开端
v. 破晓；出现；被理解
- The darkest hour is nearest dawn
黎明之前天最黑 - The darkest hour is that before the dawn
黎明前是最黑暗的时刻 - The darkest hour is nearest the dawn
黎明前的黑暗 - The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
最黑暗的时刻是黎明之前。 - The truth began to dawn on her
她开始明白真相。
n. 黎明，破晓
- The birds began piping at daybreak.
清晨，小鸟开始鸣唱。 - Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture
每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。 - The airport had been taken by daybreak.
天亮前机场就被攻占了。 - I shall be excused for leaving at daybreak, for I was ashamed.
我在天刚亮时就逃走了，因为这会使我很难堪。 - It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity
犹如天色破晓，结束了禁锢他们的漫漫长夜，使得他们心情舒畅，欢欣鼓舞。