ray

noun

1. 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。
2. （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。
3. 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
4. 大调音阶的第2音
   the second note of a major scale

1. 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
2. N-COUNT 一丝，一线（希望、慰藉等）
   A ray of hope, 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。
3. 鳐;魟
   A ray is a fairly large sea fish which has a flat body, eyes on the top of its body, and a long tail.

1. 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。
2. Ray changed his mind, claiming that he had been forced into confessing
   雷翻了供，声称自己是被逼招供的。
3. Ray wouldn't hurt a fly.
   雷心肠很软。
4. Ray was very giggly and joking all the time.
   蕾特别喜欢咯咯地笑，而且总是爱开玩笑。
5. Ray was getting very hot and bothered about the idea.
   这个想法让雷心慌意乱。
6. Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying
   雷求学期间会在当地的农场干活赚取生活费。
7. They tried to get the harpoon into the ray before the sting tail came lashing over to retaliate
   他们试图把鱼叉刺进鳐鱼体内，以防它猛摆那蜇人的尾巴报复。
8. The new Defence Minister is Senator Robert Ray.
   新任国防部部长是参议员罗伯特·雷。
9. Ray is a complicated, moody man behind the joking front.
   雷是一个表面上嘻嘻哈哈，但内心复杂且情绪多变的人。
10. He has long felt that Ray was set up, that he was a patsy.
    他一直觉得雷是被人陷害的，他是个糊涂蛋。
11. It can be seen clearly in a ray of sunlight or under a lamp
    它在阳光或灯光下清晰可见。
12. The sun's rays can penetrate water up to 10 feet.
    太阳的光线可以穿透到10英尺深的水下。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. Ray Bonner first relocated to Africa several years ago
    雷·邦纳在几年前先搬到了非洲。
16. Ray and I ate our meal and reminisced about the trip
    雷和我吃着饭，回忆起那次旅行。
17. Ray Houghton smacked the ball against a post.
    雷·霍顿把球狠狠地砸到一根柱子上。
18. A ray of sunlight thrust out through the clouds.
    一缕阳光透过云层照射下来。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. There is a ray of hope.
    有一线希望。
22. Yet a ray of sunshine is breaking through the storm clouds.
    不过困境虽窘，希望犹在。
23. You want to tell me what happened, ray?
    雷，你要告诉我发生什么了吗？
24. You understand, ray. I know you do.
    你明白的，雷。我知道你是明白的。
25. I think I have some bad news, ray.
    我想我有个坏消息，雷。
26. I wanna have a word with you and ray, if you can find him.
    我要找你和雷谈谈，如果你能找到他的话。
27. And if I evacuate it, I have a cathode ray tube.
    如果我对其抽真空，我会得到一根阴极射线管。
28. 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。
29. He's not my gift to you, ray.
    他不是我给你的礼物，雷。

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

noun

1. cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside

2. any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish

3. the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

   Synonym:    re

4. a column of light (as from a beacon)

   Synonym:    beambeam of lightlight beamray of lightshaftshaft of lightirradiation

5. a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

   Synonym:    beamelectron beam

6. a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

7. (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

verb

1. expose to radiation
   1. irradiate food

   Synonym:    irradiate

2. 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

3. emit as rays
   1. That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky