morn

morn — noun

1. a literary or old-fashioned word for 'morning', especially the early part of the

1.名詞C1
釋義

a literary or old-fashioned word for 'morning', especially the early part of the day from sunrise until noon, commonly found in set phrases like 'from morn till night' or 'break of morn'.

例句

The old poem begins with 'From morn till eve the bluebirds sang in the orchard.'

fixed phrase: from morn till eve

Otis rose at break of morn to watch the sunrise from the hill above the village.

fixed phrase: break of morn

同義詞
  • daybreak

    more poetic than 'morning', focuses on the moment light first appears

  • dawn

    emphasises the transition from night to day rather than the whole morning period

  • sunrise

    highlights the visual event of the sun appearing above the horizon

反義詞
  • eve

    poetic counterpart for the end of the day, as in 'from morn till eve'

  • dusk

    evening twilight; opposite of dawn/daybreak

用法筆記

Restricted to literary, poetic, or deliberately old-fashioned writing. In everyday conversation, native speakers uniformly use 'morning' instead. Common fixed expressions include 'from morn till/to night', 'break of morn', 'good morn', and 'the morn' (chiefly Scottish). Plural form 'morns' appears in lyrical or descriptive passages.

常見錯誤

❌I will see you in the morn.
✅I will see you in the morning.
💡'morn' sounds unnatural in casual spoken exchanges; use 'morning' for everyday speech.
❌She wakes at mourn.
✅She wakes at morn.
💡'mourn' (to grieve) is a different verb; 'morn' sounds identical but means morning.
❌We met at the morn.
✅We met in the morning.
💡use 'in the morning', not 'at the morn', for standard time references.