一大早

• 拼音: yī dà zǎo
• 汉字拆解: 一 = single horizontal stroke (one/a — intensifier); 大 = pictographic figure with arms outstretched (big/great); 早 = 日 + 十 (sun + ten/cross — the sun just above the horizon, i.e. early morning)

含义

Very early in the morning; at the crack of dawn. Used to describe an action or event that occurs at an unusually or impressively early hour.

A colloquial time expression functioning as an adverbial phrase. It carries a mildly emphatic or surprised tone, often implying that the early timing is noteworthy. Interchangeable with 大清早 in informal speech. Frequently paired with verbs of movement or activity: 一大早就出发了、一大早赶来.

例句

1. 他一大早便赶到医院门口排队，尽管如此仍未能挂上当天的专家号，不得不预约下周的复诊。
2. 村民们一大早就将新鲜蔬菜担到集市上摆摊，趁着清晨凉爽的空气赶在顾客上班前完成交易。
3. 领导一大早就召集全体部门主管开会，通报了昨晚监管部门突击检查的情况，要求各部门立即自查整改。

用法指南

语境: daily life, narrative, colloquial speech

语气: colloquial

正确说法

• 紧急救援队一大早便接到调度指令，在尚未用早餐的情况下迅速出发，驱车四小时赶往山区受灾现场。(The emergency rescue team received dispatch orders very early in the morning and set off immediately without having breakfast, driving four hours to reach the disaster site in the mountain area.)
• 她一大早就收到了录取通知书的电子邮件，激动得立刻跑进父母卧室将这个好消息大声宣布出来。(She received the admission offer email very early in the morning and was so excited that she immediately ran into her parents' bedroom to announce the good news at the top of her voice.)

错误说法

• 在一大早的时候 — 一大早 already functions as a standalone time adverbial; adding 在……的时候 is redundant and unnatural; simply place 一大早 before the verb directly

起源与历史

一 (a/one — here an intensifier) + 大 (big/great — amplifying the earliness) + 早 (early/morning) — the combination of 大 and 早 together means 'very early morning', with 一 adding further colloquial emphasis

文化背景

时代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal