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　

Collins.3 / BNC.3865 / COCA.4432

习惯用语

a ray of sunshine

catch/get/grab some rays

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

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 rays gamma rays X-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.

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

Ray was getting very hot and bothered about the idea.
这个想法让雷心慌意乱。
The new Defence Minister is Senator Robert Ray.
新任国防部部长是参议员罗伯特·雷。
You understand, ray. I know you do.
你明白的，雷。我知道你是明白的。
Yet a ray of sunshine is breaking through the storm clouds.
不过困境虽窘，希望犹在。
The reconstruction method of muon tracks in the L3 cosmic ray experiment has been studied.
对l3宇宙线实验中μ子事例的动量重建方法进行了研究。
Ray Bonner first relocated to Africa several years ago
雷·邦纳在几年前先搬到了非洲。
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。
Chelsea and Aston Villa were involved in a tug of war for Liverpool's Ray Houghton last night.
切尔西队与阿斯顿维拉队昨夜上演了一场夺人大战，争购利物浦的雷·霍顿。
Ray painted below the waterline with a special anti-rust paint.
雷用专门的防锈涂料涂船的吃水线以下的部位。
Arthur C Clarke likes to quote his friend and fellow SF writer Ray Bradbury.
阿瑟·C.克拉克喜欢引用他的朋友兼同事——科幻作家雷·布拉德伯里的话。