ray

英 [reɪ]

美 [reɪ]

n.  光线; (热或其他能量的)射线; (好事或所希望事物的)一点，少量; 魟，鳐(扁体长尾，可食用)
vt.  放射; 照射; （思想; 希望等）闪现; 发光

复数：rays　现在分词：raying　过去式：rayed　第三人称单数：rays　过去分词：rayed　

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Collins.3 / BNC.3865 / COCA.4432

习惯用语

n.

a ray of sunshine
• 给人带来快乐的人（或事物）
  a person or thing that makes life brighter or more cheerful
catch/get/grab some rays
• 晒太阳；沐日光浴
  to sit or lie in the sun, especially in order to get a suntan

牛津词典

noun

• 光线；（热或其他能量的）射线
  a narrow line of light, heat or other energy
  1. the sun's rays
     太阳的光线
  2. ultraviolet rays
     紫外线
  3. The windows were shining in the reflected rays of the setting sun.
     窗户上闪耀着落日的余晖。
• （好事或所希望事物的）一点，少量
  a small amount of sth good or of sth that you are hoping for
  1. There was just one small ray of hope .
     只有一线希望。
• 魟，鳐（扁体长尾，可食用）
  a sea fish with a large broad flat body and a long tail, that is used for food
• 大调音阶的第2音
  the second note of a major scale

柯林斯词典

• See also:...the first rays of light spread over the horizon...It can be seen clearly in a ray of sunlight or under a lamp...The sun's rays can penetrate water up to 10 feet.cosmic raysgamma raysX-ray
• N-COUNT 一丝，一线（希望、慰藉等）
  Aray ofhope, comfort, or other positive quality is a small amount of it that you welcome because it makes a bad situation seem less bad.
  1. They could provide a ray of hope amid the general business and economic gloom...
     在普遍的商业和经济低潮中，他们能带来一线希望。
  2. The one ray of sunlight in this depressing history is her meeting and falling in love with Martin.
     在这段阴郁的时期，遇到并爱上马丁成为她唯一的一丝慰藉。
• 鳐;魟
  Arayis a fairly large sea fish which has a flat body, eyes on the top of its body, and a long tail.

英英释义

noun

• cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside
• any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
• the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
  Synonym:re
• a column of light (as from a beacon)
  Synonym:beambeam of lightlight beamray of lightshaftshaft of lightirradiation
• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
  Synonym:beamelectron beam
• a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
• (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

verb

• expose to radiation
  1. irradiate food
  Synonym:irradiate
• extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center
  1. spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel
  2. This plants radiate spines in all directions
  Synonym:radiate
• emit as rays
  1. That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky

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