ray

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復數:?rays;

ray 光線，射線

來自古法語 rai,光線，來自拉丁語 radius,光線，輻軸，詞源同 radius,radio.引申詞義射線。

ray: ray: Ray the ‘beam of light or energy’ [14] and ray the fish-name [14] are two different words. The former comes from rai, the Old French descendant of Latin radius ‘spoke of a wheel, ray’ (source also of English radiant, radio, radius, etc). The textile term rayon was coined from it in the early 1920s. Ray the fish-name comes via Old French raie from Latin raia, a word of unknown origin.
=> radio, radius
ray (n.1): "beam of light," c. 1300, from Old French rai (nominative rais) "ray (of the sun), spoke (of a wheel); gush, spurt," from Latin radius "ray, spoke, staff, rod" (see radius). Not common before 17c. [OED]; of the sun, usually in reference to heat (beam being preferred for light). Science fiction ray-gun is first recorded 1931 (but the Martians had a Heat ray weapon in H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," 1898).
ray (n.2): type of fish related to sharks, early 14c., from French raie (13c.), from Latin raia, of unknown origin.

3. Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying.: 雷求學期間會在當地的農場干活賺取生活費。

4. Ray and sister Renee lived just 25 miles apart from each other.: 雷和妹妹勒妮的住處僅相隔25英里。

5. A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X-ray.: 一個蠢笨的醫護人員一不留神在他的X光片上貼錯了標簽。