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

The new Defence Minister is Senator Robert Ray.
新任国防部部长是参议员罗伯特·雷。
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。
He's not my gift to you, ray.
他不是我给你的礼物，雷。
There is a ray of hope.
有一线希望。
Ray was getting very hot and bothered about the idea.
这个想法让雷心慌意乱。
Ray wouldn't hurt a fly.
雷心肠很软。
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。
You want to tell me what happened, ray?
雷，你要告诉我发生什么了吗？
I think I have some bad news, ray.
我想我有个坏消息，雷。
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。